Oliva porphyria (tent olive snail) 1 (24431614273)
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Summary[edit] Description: Oliva porphyria (Linnaeus, 1758) - tent olive snail (abapertural view) (public display, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) The gastropods (snails & slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs & sea slugs & pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores. The tent olive snail shown above is part of the Panamic Province: "Much richer in species than its Caribbean counterpart, the tropical-water Panamic area extends from the Gulf of California, along the Pacific coast of Central America to Ecuador. Known for its wide tidal ranges, its sandy-mud shores and offshore waters abound in colorful murexes, cones, olives and cowries. Over 2,500 species are known from here, including the endemic tent olive." [info. from museum signage] Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Olividae Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed/unspecified More info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliva_porphyria. Date: 3 January 2016, 17:24. Source: Oliva porphyria (tent olive snail) 1. Author: James St. John.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Gastropoda (snails)
- Neogastropoda
- Olivoidea
- Olividae (olive snails)
- Oliva
- Oliva porphyria (tent olive)
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