Olivella dama

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.[2]

Olivella dama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Subfamily:
Olivellinae
Genus:
Olivella
Species:
O. dama
Binomial name
Olivella dama
(Mawe in Wood, 1828)[1]

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.[3]

Distribution

Gulf of California area, West coast of North America.

References
  1. 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. [Dance, 1972, reviewed the W. Wood publications.]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Olivella dama (Mawe in Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. William Swainson (1832). "Zoological Illustrations Series II". Vol. II. Plate 58. Retrieved 26 October 2013.


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