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Oliva circinata

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ7086986 ↗
Source-derived summary

Oliva circinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

Subspecies

Oliva circinata circinata Marrat, 1871

Oliva circinata jorioi Petuch, 2013

Oliva circinata tostesi Petuch, 1987

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off North and East Brazil.

References

Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

Marrat, F. P. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus Oliva. In: G.B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus Conchyliorum, vol.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Oliva circinata” as species of mollusc. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1871, 2013, 1987, 2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Oliva, circinata and species can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of mollusc. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7086986. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1871, 2013, 1987 and 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from “Oliva circinata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.