Lettered olive (Oliva sayana)
shell
ZOOLOGICAL SPECIMENScalcium carbonate
overall: 1-1/4 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.
Shell; Lettered olive (Oliva sayana); from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); small Lettered olive shell, scientific name Oliva sayana, cylindrical-shaped with a smooth, shiny surface and a short spire at the top, cream colored with a faint red-brown zig zag pattern.
2005.34.260