pretty olive
Oliva sidelia
- Usual depth24–50 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) H. Zell, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Oliva sidelia, common name the pretty olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives or olive snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Oliva sidelia”, 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: 4 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 20 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 24–50 m · Deepest record: 52 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- pretty olive
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- アヤマクラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 綾紗榧螺
Other scientific names: Oliva faba
Similar species
Gold-mouthed oliveOliva miniacea
Bulb-shaped oliveOliva bulbiformis
Inflated oliveOliva bulbosa
Carnelian oliveOliva 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).
- 104 open-data records from 1952 to 1994.
- Species data updated October 30, 2026.
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