Olivancillaria orbignyi, common name Ureta's olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 24 mm and 35 mm.

Olivancillaria orbignyi

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Argentina.

Olivancillaria orbignyi

References

Marrat, F. P. 1868. On Oliva auricularia, Lam., O. aquatilis, Reeve, and O. auricularia D'Orb.. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)2: 167–168. Klappenbach M.A. (1965). Consideraciones sobre el genero Olivancillaria d'Orbigny 1840 (Moll.Gastr.) y descripcion de dos nuevas especies de aguas Argentinas y Uruguayas. Com.Zool.Mus.His.Nat.Montevideo 8(104 Teso V. & Pastorino G. (2011) A revision of the genus Olivancillaria (Mollusca: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 2889: 1–34. [

Olivancillaria orbignyi

External links

Gastropods.com: Olivancillaria uretai

Olividae

Gastropods described in 1868