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Olivella bullula

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Species of gastropod

Olivella bullula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Olivella
Species: O. bullula
Binomial name
Olivella bullula
(Reeve, 1850)

Olivella bullula is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Olivellinae, in the family Olividae, the olives. Species in the genus Olivella are commonly called dwarf olives.

Description

"Shell acuminately oblong, thin, rather inflated, spire much exserted, columella arched, rather callous at the base; transparent-white, with a narrow opake zone beneath the sutures.".

Distribution

West Indies, Caribbean basin.

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References

  1. Reeve L.A. (1850). Conchologia iconica or illustrations of the shell of molluscous animals.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Olivella bullula (Reeve, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Olivella bullula


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