Olivella nivea

Olivella nivea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Olivoidea
Family:	Olivellidae
Genus:	Olivella
Species:	O. nivea
Binomial name
*Olivella nivea* (Gmelin, 1791)

Olivella nivea is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olivellidae, the dwarf olives.^[1]

Description

The shell has an acutely pointed tip; entirely white, or marked by two bands of angulated purplish spots.