Olivella dama

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

Olivella dama is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olivellidae, the dwarf olives.^[2]

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[]

References[]

^ 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.

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[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.

[WoRMS-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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