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Taxonomy > Olividae > Oliva < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Oliva spicata f. "violacea" Marrat, 1867 Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 624 [as Oliva (Oliva) spicata] Tursch & Greifeneder (2001) Oliva shells – the genus Oliva and the species problem. - p. 403 [as Oliva spicata] Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 148 Sterba (2004) Olividae - A collectors Guide - p. 108 [as Oliva spicata forma violacea] Hunon et al. (2009) Olividae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). - p. 230 Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 100 [as Oliva spicata] Statistics Frequency occasional - 30 localities (14.72 %) Sediment 39 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature indicates that the species rarely exceeds 49mm in length. Beach finds from the Gulf remain below 35mm. Images Length 30.9mm. Taxonomy > Olividae > Oliva < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)