Olivella minuta

Olivella minuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Olivella
Species:	O. minuta
Binomial name
Olivella minuta (Link, 1807) [1]
Synonyms
Oliva cyaneaReeve, 1850 Oliva petiolitaDuclos, 1844 Oliva verreauxiiDucros de Saint Germain, 1857 Oliva zigzagDuclos, 1835 Olivella (Niteoliva) minuta(Link, 1807)· accepted, alternate representation Olivella (Niteoliva) verreauxii(Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857) accepted, alternate representation Olivella petiolita(Duclos, 1835) Olivella verreauxii(Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857) Porphyria minutaLink, 1807 (original combination) Voluta nitidulaDillwyn, 1817

Olivella minuta, common name the minute dwarf olive, 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 size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.

This species has a small, oblong shell which comes to a conical point on the front end, similar to other marine snail shells. The shell has brown patterning on the middle section that can range from chevron patterns to random dispersements of lines and blotches. ^[3] The common size is 13 mm, though specimens can grow larger. ^{[4] [5]}

Distribution

This marine species is widely distributed in the seas of the Western Hemisphere. It lives in the tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles. The species can be found off the coasts of Colombia, San Andres, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, and Puerto Rico, and has been found as far south as Argentina in suitable warm waters. ^[6]

References

1. Link D. H. F. (1807). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock, 3 Abt.. Rostock, Adlers Erben 166 pp. (dated 25 December 1806 on title page):. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. Olivella minuta (Link, 1807) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
3. "Gastropods by Eddie Hardy | Conchology".
4. "Olivella minuta".
5. "Olivella petiolita sensu Warmke and Abbott, 1961 non (Duclos, 1835)".
6. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Olivella petiolita (Duclos, 1835)".

• 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
• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
• Paulmier G. (2015). Les Olivellidae (Neogastropoda) des Antilles françaises. Description de quatre nouvelles espèces. Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 3-23.

External links

• Link, D. H. F. (1807–1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock, Adlers Erben. 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1–50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51–100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101–165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1–30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1–38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1–38
• Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12
• Reeve, L. A. (1850). Monograph of the genus Oliva. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 6, pl. 1-30 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
• Ducros de Saint Germain A. M. P. (1857). Revue critique du genre Oliva de Bruguières. 120 pp
• Castro Oliveira, C.D. de. (2011). Systematics of the cryptic species complex Olivella minuta (Gastropoda, Olividae). The Malacologists. 57: 10-11
• "Olivella (Niteoliva) minuta minuta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• MNHN, Paris: syntype