Olivella millepunctata
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Olivella millepunctata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Olivella |
Species: | O. millepunctata |
Binomial name | |
Olivella millepunctata (Duclos, 1840) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Olivancillaria millepunctata Duclos, 1840 | |
Olivella millepunctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 16 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, off Gabon and Angola.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gofas, S. (2012). Olivella millepunctata (Duclos, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224407 on 2012-11-18
- Duclos P.L. 1840. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Columbella, 1 p., 13 pls. Didot, Paris, page(s): plate 25 fig 1-4.
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