Olivella miliola

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Olivella miliola
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Shell of Olivella miliola (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Olivella
Species:
O. miliola
Binomial name
Olivella miliola
(d'Orbigny, 1842) [1]
Synonyms
  • Oliva (Olivina) miliolad'Orbigny, 1842
  • Oliva miliolad'Orbigny, 1842 (original combination)
  • Oliva miliolaDuclos, 1844 (homonym and synonym of Oliva miliola d'Orbigny, 1842)
  • Olivella microspiraPaulmier, 2007

Olivella miliola 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]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 5 mm.

Members of this order are predominantly gonochoric broadcast spawners. Members grow from the embryonic stage to planktonic trochophore larvae to juvenile veligers before reaching their adult stage. [3]

Distribution

O. miliola is a demersal sea snail and can be found in the tropical regions of the Western Atlantic. [4] Also off Jamaica and Martinique; also on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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References

  1. ↑ d’Orbigny, A. (1842) Mollusca. In Sagra, R. de la (Ed.) Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l’Ile de Cuba. Atlas. Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Éditeur, Libraire de la Société de Géographie et de la Société Royale des Antiquaires du Nord, Paris, pp.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Olivella miliola (d'Orbigny, 1842) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Palomares, M.L.D.; Pauly, D. "Olivella microspira - Paulmier, 2007". SeaLifeBase. Sea Life Base. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Palomares, M.L.D.; Pauly, D. "Olivella microspira - Paulmier, 2007". SeaLifeBase. Sea Life Base. Retrieved 21 January 2021.


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