Olive snails, also known as olive shells and olives, scientific name Olividae, are a taxonomic family of medium to large predatory sea snails with smooth, shiny, elongated oval-shaped shells. [1] The shells often show various muted but attractive colors, and may be patterned also.

olive shell, any of the marine snails that constitute the family Olividae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda). Fossils of the genus Oliva are common from the Eocene Epoch (57.8 to 36.6 million years ago) to the present.

Many types of olive shells often show various muted but attractive colors, and may be patterned also. They typically have a short spire, a narrow mouth notched in front, a large foot, and a mantle that envelops the shell.

2024年10月1日 · Olive snails have a mantle that helps them create their beautiful shells. They come in various sizes and colors, and play a crucial role in marine ecosystems by controlling algae growth and providing food for other animals.

Oliva porphyria, common name the tent olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. [2] Its shell pattern has been studied as an example of a Turing pattern that can be modeled with cellular automata .

The lettered olive, Oliva sayana, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olive shells, olive snails, or olives. [3] [4]

The lettered olive, Oliva sayana, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olive shells, olive snails, or olives.

Olive snails, also known as olive shells and olives, scientific name Olividae, are a taxonomic family of medium to large predatory sea snails with smooth, shiny, elongated oval-shaped shells. [1]

The shell on the right is a teratological lettered olive with a very long spire, collected on December 2013, on Tarpon Bay Beach, Sanibel, by the Deb and Greg Longtin. A similar specimen was found by Museum volunteer Leroy Neitzel in May 2015 on along West Gulf Drive, also on Sanibel.

2025年1月3日 · Distinguishing Characteristics: The Olive snails have glossy, smooth, bullet-shaped shells with deep grooves in the shell and columella. They have long slit-like apertures. Their siphonal canal is merged with their aperture and called a "siphonal notch". Most of these species are quite small.