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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.


Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Oliva mantichora, 25mm, Solomon 2022


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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
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-30 13:46:52 

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Oliva mantichora Duclos, 1840

Synonymised names
Oliva emicator Marrat, 1871 · unaccepted

Direct children (2)
Subspecies Oliva mantichora intricata Dautzenberg, 1927
Subspecies Oliva mantichora mantichora Duclos, 1840

External links

  1. grokipedia (en). Abgerufen am 30.01.2026.
  2. PubMed (en). Abgerufen am 30.01.2026.
  3. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 30.01.2026.

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