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Lettered Olive Sea Snail

The shell of the lettered olive sea snail
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The shell of the lettered olive sea snail.

The lettered olive, Americoliva sayana, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olive shells, olive snails, or olives. It is sometimes referred to as Oliva sayana. The species' range is from North Carolina to Florida, the Gulf states of North America, including Louisiana and Texas; and further south to the east coast of Mexico, including Campeche State, Yucatán State and Quintana Roo.

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