Olivella miliola
Species of gastropod
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Olivella miliola 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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| Olivella miliola | |
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| Shell of Olivella miliola (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Olivella |
| Species: | O. miliola |
| Binomial name | |
| Olivella miliola | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 5 mm.
Members of this order are predominantly gonochoric broadcast spawners. Members grow from the embryonic stage to planktonic trochophore larvae to juvenile veligers before reaching their adult stage.[3]
Distribution
O. miliola is a demersal sea snail and can be found in the tropical regions of the Western Atlantic.[4] Also off Jamaica and Martinique; also on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
