Oliva miniacea Orange-mouth Olive Snail, Pacific Common Olive, Gold-mouth Olive, Red-mouth Olive

Oliva miniacea is commonly referred to as Orange-mouth Olive Snail, Pacific Common Olive, Gold-mouth Olive, Red-mouth Olive. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: toxic.

Profile

lexID:

18104 

AphiaID:

208379 

Scientific:

Oliva miniacea 

German:

Goldmund-Olive, Rotmund-Olive 

English:

Orange-mouth Olive Snail, Pacific Common Olive, Gold-mouth Olive, Red-mouth Olive 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Olividae (Family) > Oliva (Genus) > miniacea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Röding, ), 1798 

Occurrence:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean, Mascarene Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.57" - 3.94" (4,5cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

77 °F - 29,3 °F (25°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, 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 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Oliva amethystina
  Amethyst Olivenschnecke
• Oliva annulata
• Oliva atalina
• Oliva athenia
• 
  Oliva australis
  Australische Olive, Südliche Olive
• Oliva bahamasensis
• Oliva baileyi
• Oliva barbadensis
• Oliva bathyalis
• Oliva bayeri
• Oliva bewleyi
• Oliva bifasciata
• Oliva brettinghami
• Oliva buelowi
• Oliva bulbiformis
• Oliva bulbosa
• Oliva caerulea
• 
  Oliva carneola
  Karneol-Olivenschnecke
• Oliva caroliniana
• Oliva chrysoplecta
• Oliva concavospira
• Oliva cylindrica
• Oliva dactyliola
• Oliva drangai
• Oliva dubia
• Oliva elegans
• Oliva emeliodina
• Oliva faba
• Oliva februaryana
• Oliva figura
• Oliva fijiana
• Oliva flammulata
• Oliva fulgurator
• Oliva goajira
• Oliva hilli
• Oliva hirasei
• Oliva incrassata
• Oliva irisans
• Oliva jamaicensis
• Oliva joycea
• Oliva julieta
• Oliva keenii
• Oliva kohi
• Oliva lacanientai
• Oliva lecoquiana
• Oliva leonardhilli
• Oliva maculata
• 
  Oliva mantichora
  Amethyst Olive
• Oliva mindanaoensis
• Oliva mucronata
• Oliva multiplicata
• Oliva mustelina
• Oliva neoslina
• Oliva nitidula
• Oliva nivosa
• Oliva obesina
• 
  Oliva oliva
  Gemeine Olivenschnecke
• Oliva ornata
• Oliva ouini
• Oliva pacifica
• 
  Oliva panniculata
  Seiden-Olive
• 
  Oliva parkinsoni
  Parkinsons Olivenschnecke
• Oliva pica
• Oliva pindarina
• Oliva ponderosa
• Oliva poppei
• 
  Oliva porphyria
  Zelt-Olivia, Porphyrwalze
• Oliva reclusa
• 
  Oliva reticulata
  Blut-Olive
• Oliva rubrolabiata
• Oliva rufofulgurata
• Oliva rufula
• Oliva sargenti
• Oliva scripta
• Oliva semmelinki
• Oliva sericea
• Oliva sidelia
• Oliva spicata
• Oliva subangulata
• Oliva tessellata
• Oliva tigridella
• Oliva tigrina
• Oliva tisiphona
• Oliva todosina
• Oliva tricolor
• Oliva truncata
• Oliva venulata
• Oliva vicdani
• Oliva vicweei
• Oliva vidua
• Oliva violacea
• Oliva virgata
• Oliva xenos
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Oliva efasciata
  Oliven-Schnecke
• 
  Oliva miniacea
  Goldmund-Olive, Rotmund-Olive
• 
  Oliva sayana
  Schrift-Olive
• 
  Oliva undatella
  Olivenschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-01-30 12:54:41 

Last edit:

2026-01-30 13:07:51 

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