Black olive
Oliva vidua
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, July, and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Oliva vidua, common name the black olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Black olive, Widow olive, black olive, widow olive
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Witwen-Olivenschencke
- Japanese
- イロガワリマクラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 寡婦榧螺
Other scientific names: Oliva (Viduoliva) vidua, Oliva cinnamonea, Oliva fabreii, Oliva fulminans, Oliva fusca, Oliva grata, Oliva inornata, Oliva lutea, Oliva maura, Oliva propinqua, Oliva sepulturalis, Porphyria vidua
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).
- 300 open-data records from 1916 to 2007.
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