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Olivella pulchella

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Olivella pulchella
Shell of Olivella pulchella (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 leucozonias J.E. Gray, 1839
  • Oliva pulchella Duclos, 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]

Subspecies
  • Olivella pulchella oteroi Bermejo, 1979: synonym of Olivella oteroi Bermejo, 1979
  • Olivella pulchella pulchella (Duclos, 1835) accepted as Olivella pulchella (Duclos, 1835)

Description

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

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Senegal.

References

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  1. ^ a b Olivella pulchella (Duclos, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Mienis H.K. (1980). Remarks concerning Olivella oteroi and several other Olive shells from West Africa. La Conchiglia. 132-133: 9
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