Hi Ashish,

I'm no olive expert, but your two olives look like black
specimens of Oliva miniacea (I believe the form is
"marrati").  I have one that looks exactly like yours
and it is identified as O. miniacea.  The color on the
columella, aperture coloration, and overall shape are
all quite typical of the O. miniacea that I have collected
in the southwest Pacific, including the ones I collected
last night.

Cheers,



Don

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From: Ashish Gupta <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Unidentified Olive
Date: Sunday, January 16, 2000 5:44 PM

I have recently purchased 2 specimens of an olive that I could not identify. Would be
grateful if you could check the image at Ross Mayhew's unofficial Conch-L image site at
http://www.geocities.com/conchlimages. Any suggestions on what this species might be is
welcome.

Regds,

Ashish in India (phew! its getting hot in the South)