Olivella exilis
| Olivella exilis | |
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| Shell of Olivella exilis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Olivella |
| Species: | O. exilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Olivella exilis (Marrat, 1871)[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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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.[2]
The taxonomic status of this species is uncertain. [2]
Description
[edit]The length of this species attains 10 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Bahamas; the Greater Antilles Guadeloupe and off Southeastern Florida, USA.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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