Three-colored olive
Oliva tricolor
- Usual depth2–4 m
- Water temperature28–30 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonRare
About this species
Oliva tricolor, common name the tricolour olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.SubspeciesOliva tricolor abbasi (Thach & Berschauer, 2016) Oliva tricolor tricolor Lamarck, 1811 Oliva tricolor palawanensis Bartsch, 1918
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–4 m · Deepest record: 4 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Three-colored olive, Tricolor olive, three-colored olive, tricolor olive
Names in 1 more languages
- German
- Dreifarben-Olive
Other scientific names: Oliva (Viduoliva) tricolor, Oliva philantha, Oliva tringa, Viduoliva tricolor
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).
- 71 open-data records from 1956 to 2012.
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