Inflated olive
Oliva bulbosa
- Usual depth10 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary
- How commonRare
About this species
Oliva bulbosa, common name the swollen olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Oliva bulbosa”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 10 m · Deepest record: 10 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Inflated olive, Swollen olive, inflated olive, swollen olive
Names in 1 more languages
- German
- Bauchige Olive
Other scientific names: Oliva (Carmione) bulbosa, Oliva fabagina, Oliva inflata, Oliva undata, Porphyria bulbosa, Porphyria tuberosa, Voluta ventricosa
Similar species
- Gold-mouthed olive
Oliva miniacea
- Bulb-shaped olive
Oliva bulbiformis
- Carnelian olive
Oliva carneola
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 231 open-data records from 1930 to 1984.
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