Scabricola olivaeformis

Scabricola olivaeformis, common name the olive-shaped mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or miter snails.^[2]

Scabricola olivaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Scabricola
Species:	S. olivaeformis
Binomial name
Scabricola olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821)
Synonyms[1]
Imbricaria olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821) Mitra dactyloidea Anton, H.E., 1838 Mitra olivaeformis Swainson, 1821 (original combination) Mitra olivellaeformis Pilsbry, H.A., 1920 Scabricola (Swainsonia) olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821) · Swainsonia olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific off the Mascarene Basin and Réunion; in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Hawaii, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Japan and Okinawa

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 21 mm