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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. dama |
| Binomial name | |
| Olivella dama (Mawe in Wood, 1828) | |
Olivella dama 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.
Description
The shell is whiteish, with a very acute spire, nearly as long as the aperture. The middle of the body whorl is marked by angulated brown lines: the suture has spots and fascicles of longitudinal stripes: the basal belt is very broad: the aperture purple.
Distribution
Gulf of California area, West coast of North America.
References
- Wood, W. 1828. Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or a catalogue of shells, British and Foreign. Illustrated with 480 figures. London: Richard Taylor for W. Wood, London. vi + 59 pp., 8 pls. . World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- Olivella dama (Mawe in Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- William Swainson (1832). "Zoological Illustrations Series II". Vol. II. Plate 58. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
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