Carnelian olive
Oliva carneola
- Usual depth9–48 m
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and July
- How commonRare
About this species
Oliva carneola, common name the carnelian olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Oliva carneola”, 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: 15 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 9–48 m · Deepest record: 52 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Carnelian olive, carnelian olive
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Fleischfarbene Olive
- Japanese
- ヒナマクラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 少女榧螺
Other scientific names: Oliva andamanensis, Porphyria coffea, Voluta carneola, Voluta carneolus
Similar species
- Gold-mouthed olive
Oliva miniacea
- Bulb-shaped olive
Oliva bulbiformis
- Inflated olive
Oliva bulbosa
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).
- 355 open-data records from 1910 to 2012.
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