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lettered olive

Oliva sayana

Classification

Family
Olividae

The lettered olive, Oliva sayana, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olive shells, olive snails, or olives. Subspecies As of April 2010, the lettered olive contains the following accepted subspecies: Oliva sayana sarasotensis Petuch & Sargent, 1986 Oliva sayana sayana Ravenel, 1834 Oliva sayana texana Petuch & Sargent, 1986 Distribution The species' range is from North Carolina to Florida, the Gulf states of North America, including Louisiana and Texas; and further south to the east coast of Mexico, including Campeche…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 3,078Mexico · 4Cuba · 1