Olivella miliola | |
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Shell of Olivella miliola (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Olivella |
Species: | O. miliola
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Binomial name | |
Olivella miliola | |
Synonyms | |
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Olivella miliola 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]
The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 5 mm.
Members of this order are predominantly gonochoric broadcast spawners. Members grow from the embryonic stage to planktonic trochophore larvae to juvenile veligers before reaching their adult stage. [3]
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O. miliola is a demersal sea snail and can be found in the tropical regions of the Western Atlantic. [4] Also off Jamaica and Martinique; also on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Olivella miliola | |
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Shell of Olivella miliola (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Olivella |
Species: | O. miliola
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Binomial name | |
Olivella miliola | |
Synonyms | |
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Olivella miliola 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]
The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 5 mm.
Members of this order are predominantly gonochoric broadcast spawners. Members grow from the embryonic stage to planktonic trochophore larvae to juvenile veligers before reaching their adult stage. [3]
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (November 2021) |
O. miliola is a demersal sea snail and can be found in the tropical regions of the Western Atlantic. [4] Also off Jamaica and Martinique; also on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.