Oliva mantichora Amethyst Olive

Oliva mantichora is commonly referred to as Amethyst 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:

18105 

AphiaID:

448123 

Scientific:

Oliva mantichora 

German:

Amethyst Olive 

English:

Amethyst Olive 

Category:

Ślimaki 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Duclos, 1840 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, East Africa, India, Indian Ocean, Japan, Malaysia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Thailand, Vietnam 

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:

0 - 70 Meter 

Habitats:

Continental shelf, Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 

Size:

0.79" - 1.97" (2,5cm - 5,3cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Crustaceans, Predatory, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 

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 13:18:06 

Last edit:

2026-01-30 13:46:52 

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