| Olivella dama | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| 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 subfamily Olivellinae, in the family Olividae, the olives. Species in the genus Olivella are commonly called dwarf olives. [2]
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]
Gulf of California area, West coast of North America.
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