Tiger olive
Oliva tigrina
- Water temperature26–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Oliva tigrina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Oliva tigrina”, 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: 3 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Tiger olive, tiger olive
Names in 1 more languages
- German
- Tiger-Olive
Similar species
- Gold-mouthed olive
Oliva miniacea
- Bulb-shaped olive
Oliva bulbiformis
- Inflated olive
Oliva bulbosa
- 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).
- 91 open-data records from 1957 to 1961.
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