Olivella dama
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| Olivella dama | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
| Family: | Olivellidae |
| Genus: | Olivella |
| Species: | O. dama |
| Binomial name | |
| Olivella dama (Mawe in Wood, 1828)[1] | |
Olivella dama is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olivellidae, the dwarf olives.[2]
Description
The shell is whiteish, with a very acute spire, nearly as long as the aperture. The middle of the body whorl is marked by angulated brown lines: the suture has spots and fascicles of longitudinal stripes: the basal belt is very broad: the aperture purple.[3]
Distribution
References
- ↑ Wood, W. 1828. Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or a catalogue of shells, British and Foreign. Illustrated with 480 figures. London: Richard Taylor for W. Wood, London. vi + 59 pp., 8 pls. [Dance, 1972, reviewed the W. Wood publications.]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ↑ Olivella dama (Mawe in Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ↑ William Swainson (1832). "Zoological Illustrations Series II.". Vol. II. Plate 58. Retrieved 26 Oct 2013.
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