Olivella rehderi

Olivella rehderi 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 rehderi
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. rehderi
Binomial name
Olivella rehderi
Olsson, 1956[1]

Description

Original description: "Shell small (length 7 to 8 mm.), rather light and thin, with an elevated, turreted spire of about 6 whorls, nearly half the total length. Sutures are widely grooved, the collar-like edge of the forward whorl rather narrow. Parietal callus extends to the upper suture of the penultimate whorl, heaviest at the posterior end of aperture. Pillar structure formed by 4 or 5 descending, strong lirations on the anterior portion of the columella. Color a dull white or cream, and slightly variegated with faint spots or flammules of brown arranged roughly in 3 zones, an upper set of spots just below the suture, the other two around the middle and base. Fasciole white. Length 7.7 mm., diameter 3.3 mm."[3]

Olivella rehderi is native to the country of Ecuador.
Average size is 5.3 millimetres; the shells are muted but attractive colors;
they may also have some kind of patterning.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Panama Bay, Panama."[4]

References
  1. Olsson A. (1956). Studies on the Genus Olivella. Proc. Acad. Natural Philadelphia 108. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Olivella rehderi Olsson, 1956. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. Olsson, A.A. 1956-Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Vol. 108, pages 155-225. Studies on the genus Olivella.
  4. Olsson, A.A. 1956-Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Vol. 108, pages 155-225. Studies on the genus Olivella.


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