Olivella costulata
Shell of Olivella costulata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Subfamily:
Olivellinae
Genus:
Olivella
Species:
O. costulata
Binomial name
Olivella costulata
Paulmier, 2007

Olivella costulata 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.[1]

Description

Members of the order Neogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Their embryos develop into planktonic trochophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.[2]

The length of the shell attains 2.68 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Martinique.

References

  1. ↑ Olivella costulata Paulmier, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Olivella costulata". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  • Paulmier G. (2015). Les Olivellidae (Neogastropoda) des Antilles françaises. Description de quatre nouvelles espèces. Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 3-23


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