Olivella klappenbachi
Appearance
Olivella klappenbachi | |
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Shell of Olivella klappenbachi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Olivella |
Species: | O. klappenbachi
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Binomial name | |
Olivella klappenbachi Absalão & Pimenta, 2003[1]
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Synonyms | |
Olivella (Olivina) klappenbachi Absalão & Pimenta, 2003 (basionym) |
Olivella klappenbachi 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]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 5.8 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Southeast Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ Absalao & Pimenta. 2003. Zoosystema 25 (2): 177–185. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Olivella klappenbachi Absalão & Pimenta, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- Pimenta, A.D. & Simone, L.R.L. (2021). Morphology of two deep-sea Olivella from the southwestern Atlantic, with a record of a radula-less Olivellinae species (Neogastropoda: Olivoidea: Olividae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 150(1): 31-43.
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