Olivella puelcha

Olivella puelcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Olivella
Species:	O. puelcha
Binomial name
Olivella puelcha (Duclos, 1835) [1]
Synonyms
Oliva puelchaDuclos, 1835 (original combination) Oliva tehuelchanad'Orbigny, 1839 Olivancillaria auricularia plataIhering, 1908 Olivella plata(Ihering, 1908)

Olivella puelcha 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]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Argentina.

References

1. Duclos, P.L. (1840) Histoire Naturelle Génerale et Particuliere de Tous les Genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines a l’état Vivant et Fossile, Publiée par Monographies, Genre Columbella. Didot, Paris, 1 p., 13 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. Olivella puelcha (Duclos, 1835) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.

External links

• Ihering, H. von. 1908. Mollusques du Pampéen de Mar de Plata et Chapalmalán recueillis par M. le Dr. Florentino Ameghino en 1908. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (3)10: 429–438. . World Register of Marine Species , Retrieved 28 April 2010.
• Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates
• Pastorino G. (2009). The genus Olivella Swainson, 1831 (Gastropoda: Olividae) in Argentine waters. The Nautilus. 123(3): 189-201