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Oliva porphyria Tent Olive

Oliva porphyria is commonly referred to as Tent Olive. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Oliva-porphyria-SC-180mm, On sand at night, Sea of Cortez 2021


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lexID:
14606 
AphiaID:
208377 
Scientific:
Oliva porphyria 
German:
Zelt-Olivia, Porphyrwalze 
English:
Tent Olive 
Category:
Escargots de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Olividae (Family) > Oliva (Genus) > porphyria (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Panama, Peru 
Sea depth:
15 - 30 Meter 
Size:
1.18" - 5.12" (3,0cm - 13,5cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, No reliable information available, Predatory 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-03-15 21:44:09 

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Oliva porphyria (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Tent Olive, Oliva porphyria, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olive shells, olive snails, or olives.

Distribution: Gulf of California to Peru

Synonymised names:
Oliva (Porphyria) porphyria (Linnaeus, 1758) · accepted, alternate representation
Voluta porphyria Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. PubMed (en). Abgerufen am 30.01.2026.

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Oliva-porphyria-sc03-8509_80mm, On sand at night.Sea of Cortez 2021
Oliva-porphyria-sc02-8509, 80mm, On sand at night.Sea of Cortez 2021
Oliva-porphyria-SC-180mm, On sand at night, Sea of Cortez 2021

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