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Oliva mantichora
Oliva mantichora, common name the amethyst olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
Subspecies
From the article Oliva mantichora on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 53 mm. There is some variation in color and shape between the two subspecies. Oliva mantichora mantichora is generally cream-colored and robust, whereas Oliva mantichora intricata is generally orange-brown in color and more cylindrical.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 702007.