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 | |
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Olivella dama (Mawe in Wood, 1828)[1]
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Description edit
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 edit
Gulf of California area, West coast of North America.
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.