Olivella millepunctata

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Olivella millepunctata
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. 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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