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Olivella exilis

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Species of gastropod

Olivella exilis
Shell of Olivella exilis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Olivella
Species: O. exilis
Binomial name
Olivella exilis
(Marrat, 1871)
Synonyms

Olivella (Lamprodoma) exilis (Marrat, 1871)

Olivella exilis 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.

The taxonomic status of this species is uncertain.

Description

The length of this species attains 10 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2021)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Bahamas; the Greater Antilles Guadeloupe and off Southeastern Florida, USA.

References

  1. Marrat (1871). On some new species of Oliva. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)2 p. 212–214.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ Olivella exilis (Marrat, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
  • Kantor Y.I., Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Bonillo C. & Bouchet P. , 2017. Returning to the roots: morphology, molecular phylogeny and classification of the Olivoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 180: 493-541
Taxon identifiers
Olivella exilis


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