Olivella pusilla

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Olivella pusilla
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.359343 - Olivella pusilla (Marrat, 1872) - Olivellidae - Mollusc shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Olivella
Species:
O. pusilla
Binomial name
Olivella pusilla
(Marrat, 1871)[1]

Olivella pusilla 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]

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Fossil (Pliocene, Florida)

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