Olivella minuta
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. minuta
Binomial name
Olivella minuta
(Link, 1807)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oliva cyanea Reeve, 1850
  • Oliva petiolita Duclos, 1844
  • Oliva verreauxii Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857
  • Oliva zigzag Duclos, 1835
  • Olivella (Niteoliva) minuta (Link, 1807)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Olivella (Niteoliva) verreauxii (Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857) accepted, alternate representation
  • Olivella petiolita (Duclos, 1835)
  • Olivella verreauxii (Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857)
  • Porphyria minuta Link, 1807 (original combination)
  • Voluta nitidula Dillwyn, 1817

Olivella minuta, common name the minute dwarf olive, 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]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 15 mm.

This species has a small, oblong shell which comes to a conical point on the front end, this is similar to other marine snail shells. They have brown patterning on the middle section of their shells that can range from a chevron patterning to a random dispersement of lines and blotches to many more varieties.[3] Their common size is 13mm, though they can naturally grow larger than these.[4][5]

Distribution

This marine species is widely distributed, over the seas of the Western Hemisphere. They live in the tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles. They can be found off the coasts of Colombia, San Andres, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, and Puerto Rico, but these shells have been found as far south as Argentina, so it is likely that they live wherever the waters are warm enough.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Link D. H. F. (1807). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock, 3 Abt.. Rostock, Adlers Erben 166 pp. (dated 25 December 1806 on title page):. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Olivella minuta (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Gastropods by Eddie Hardy | Conchology".
  4. ↑ "Olivella minuta".
  5. ↑ "Olivella petiolita sensu Warmke and Abbott, 1961 non (Duclos, 1835)".
  6. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Olivella petiolita (Duclos, 1835)".
  • Duclos P.L. (1844-1848). Oliva. In J.C. Chenu, Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes: 5-28
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Paulmier G. (2015). Les Olivellidae (Neogastropoda) des Antilles françaises. Description de quatre nouvelles espèces. Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 3-23.
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