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West Indian dwarf olive
Olivella nivea
Olivella nivea, the snowy dwarf olive, 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.
From the article Olivella nivea on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The shell has an acutely pointed tip; entirely white, or marked by two bands of angulated purplish spots.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 254963.