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Olivella nivea

Olivella nivea
Zoological Illustrations Olivella eburnea.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olivellidae
Genus: Olivella
Species: O. nivea
Binomial name
Olivella nivea
(Gmelin, 1791)

Olivella nivea, the snowy dwarf olive, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olivellidae, the dwarf olives.

The shell has an acutely pointed tip; entirely white, or marked by two bands of angulated purplish spots.

http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420113


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