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Oliva olive snail (no English common name)
Oliva ponderosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 448142, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Oliva olive snail (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Oliva ponderosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Olividae (olive snails)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
An olive shell: a glossy, smooth, cylindrical shell patterned in brown and cream. It burrows in sand and hunts small animals.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=15); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 2 observers).
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448142
- inaturalist.org /taxa/717121
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.