Olivella nivea | |
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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.
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