Olivella floralia

Olivella floralia
	Oliva floralia Duclos, 1844
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Olivoidea
Family:	Olivellidae
Genus:	Olivella
Species:	O. floralia
Binomial name
	Olivella floralia; Duclos in Chenu, 1844
Synonyms
	Oliva floralia Duclos, 1844; Oliva oryza Duclos, 1835 (invalid: junior homonym of Oliva oryza Lamarck, 1811); Olivella (Olivella) floralia Duclos, 1844;

Olivella floralia, common name the common rice (dwarf) olive, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olivellidae, the dwarf olives.^[2]

Description[]

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

Distribution[]

Olivella floralia is found in the Caribbean with a slender, white shell with upper whorls that are white to blue or purple.;^[3] also off North Carolina, USA to Colombia and East Brazil.

References[]

^ Duclos P.L. in Chenu (1844). Mon. Oliva. Plate 1, figs 9,10. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
^ Olivella floralia Duclos in Chenu, 1844. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
^ Abbott, R. Tucker (25 February 2014). Seashells of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. Macmillan. ISBN 9781466864849.

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
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
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, Texa
Paulmier G. (2015). Les Olivellidae (Neogastropoda) des Antilles françaises. Description de quatre nouvelles espèces. Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 3-23

External links[]

Duclos, P. L. (1835–1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12

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[1] Duclos P.L. in Chenu (1844). Mon. Oliva. Plate 1, figs 9,10. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.

[WoRMS-2] Olivella floralia Duclos in Chenu, 1844. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.

[3] Abbott, R. Tucker (25 February 2014). Seashells of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. Macmillan. ISBN 9781466864849.

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