Olivella bullula
| Olivella bullula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Olivella |
| Species: | O. bullula
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| Binomial name | |
| Olivella bullula | |
Olivella bullula 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
[edit]"Shell acuminately oblong, thin, rather inflated, spire much exserted, columella arched, rather callous at the base; transparent-white, with a narrow opake zone beneath the sutures.".
Distribution
[edit]West Indies, Caribbean basin.
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References
[edit]- ^ Reeve L.A. (1850). Conchologia iconica or illustrations of the shell of molluscous animals.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Olivella bullula (Reeve, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.