Olivella miliola

Olivella miliola
Shell of Olivella miliola (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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]

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.

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.

• Duclos P.L. (1844-1848). Oliva. In J.C. Chenu, Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes: 5-28
• Paulmier G. (2015). Les Olivellidae (Neogastropoda) des Antilles françaises. Description de quatre nouvelles espèces. Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 3-23.
• Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111

External links

• Orbigny A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264