Olivellinae

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Olivellinae
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Olivella biplicata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Subfamily: Olivellinae
Troschel, 1869
Genera

See text.

Olivellinae, are a subfamily of small predatory sea snails with smooth, shiny, elongated oval-shaped shells, in the family Olividae. The shells sometimes show muted but attractive colors, and may have some patterning. [1]

Contents

These animals are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Olivoidea, within the order Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of Bouchet and Rocroi.

Distribution

Olivella snails are found worldwide, but mostly Ecuador in subtropical and tropical seas and oceans.

Habitat and habit

These snails are found on sandy substrates intertidally and subtidally. These snails are all carnivorous sand-burrowers.

Shell description

The shells are basically oval and cylindrical in shape. They have a well-developed stepped spire. Olivella shells have a siphonal notch at the posterior end of the long narrow aperture. The siphon of the living animal protrudes from the siphon notch.

The shell surface is extremely glossy because in life the mantle almost always covers the shell. [2] [3]

The fossil record

Olive shells first appeared during the Campanian. [4]

Genera

Genera brought into synonymy

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<i>Olivella careorugula</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Olivella columellaris</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Olivella exilis</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Olivella hyphala</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Olivella klappenbachi</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Olivella semistriata</i> Species of gastropod

Olivella semistriata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. Species in the genus Olivella are commonly called dwarf olives With the very similar Olivella columellaris it forms the subgenus Pachyoliva. Both species are suspension feeders. They use unique appendages of the propodium to deploy mucus nets which capture suspended particles from the backwash on sandy beaches of the tropical eastern Pacific. Olivella semistriata is a swash-surfer; the snails use their expanded foot as an underwater sail to follow the tidal movement of the backwash zone in which they feed.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ancillariidae</span> Family of gastropods

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Olivellinae Troschel, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225405 on 2020-03-18
  2. Washington State University Tri-Cities Natural History Museum (2001). Family: Olividae (Olive Shells). Retrieved on 12 July 2006.
  3. Vermeij, Geerat J (3 April 1995). A Natural History of Shells. Princeton University Press. ISBN   0-691-00167-7. pps. 89, 100, 114.
  4. Vermeij, Geerat J (1 September 1993). Evolution and Escalation. Princeton University Press. ISBN   0-691-00080-8. p.182.