Olivella nivea nivea (Gmelin, 1791)

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Nomenclature

Genus: Olivella

Species: Olivella nivea

Subspecies:

Olivella nivea nivea (Gmelin, 1791)

Usage:

valid

Reference:

Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria Naturae, Editio decima tertia, Tom. 1, Pars VI, Classis VI. Vermes 3442

Vernacular names:

Vernacular name:

West Indian Dwarf Olive

Language:

English

Source:

The marine mollusks of Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies

Synonyms: 6

Media

NMR 44083. Brazil, Pernambuco, Stamarocea

NMR 44083. Brazil, Pernambuco, Stamarocea

Type figures of Olivella gracilis ternuculata Weisbord, 1962. Pliocene. Lower Mare formation, Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela

Type figures of Olivella gracilis ternuculata Weisbord, 1962. Pliocene. Lower Mare formation, Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela

Holotype PRI 26274 of Olivella gracilis ternuculata

Holotype PRI 26274 of Olivella gracilis ternuculata

SUMMARY

Distribution: Tropical Atlantic realm. Tropical Northwestern Atlantic province. Bahamian ecoregion (Bahamas). Greater Antilles ecoregion (Jamaica). Eastern Caribbean ecoregion (Barbados, Martinique). Southern Caribbean ecoregion (Venezuela). Tropical Southwestern Atlantic province (Brazil). Temperate South America realm. Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic province (S to Sao Paulo State, Brazil).

The animal is of a uniform creamish colour, as hown by a photograph of a Venezuelan specimen by Boyer (1998).