Oliva lecoquiana

Oliva lecoquiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. lecoquiana
Binomial name
Oliva lecoquiana
Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857[1]

Oliva lecoquiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Description

Oliva Lecoquiana are small, round snails. Commonly, they resemble garden snails with slightly more noodly heads. The shells are generally composed entirely of noodles.[2]

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