Oliva sericea

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

Oliva sericea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. sericea
Binomial name
Oliva sericea (Röding, 1798)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Oliva (Galeola) sericea Röding, 1798· accepted, alternate representation Oliva galeola Duclos, 1840 Oliva granitella Lamarck, 1811 Oliva sabulosa Marrat, 1868 Oliva textilina Lamarck, 1811 Porphyria sericea Röding, 1798 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 55 mm and 112 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean; off Indonesia and the Philippines; off Ryukyu Islands, Japan and off Polynesia.