Olivella pulchella

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Olivella pulchella
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Shell of Olivella pulchella (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Subfamily: Olivellinae
Genus: Olivella
Species:
O. pulchella
Binomial name
Olivella pulchella
(Duclos, 1835)
Synonyms [1]
  • Oliva leucozoniasJ.E. Gray, 1839
  • Oliva pulchellaDuclos, 1835 (original combination)
  • Olivella pulchella pulchella(Duclos, 1835)

Olivella pulchella 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. [1]

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Subspecies

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9.3 mm and 11.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

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