Biology:Picoliva ryalli

Short description: Species of gastropod

Picoliva ryalli
Shell of Plicoliva ryalli (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Subfamily:	Plicolivinae
Genus:	Picoliva
Species:	P. ryalli
Binomial name
Picoliva ryalli Bouchet, 1989
Synonyms
Oliva (Plicoliva) Petuch, 1979

Picoliva ryalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Ghana.

References

• Bouchet P. (1990). Systematics of Plicoliva, with description of a new subfamily (Gastropoda: Volutoidea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 120(1-3): 1-10

Wikidata ☰ Q7191051 entry