| Olivella watermani | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Olivella |
| Species: | O. watermani |
| Binomial name | |
| Olivella watermani McGinty, 1940[1] | |
Olivella watermani is aspecies of smallsea snail, marinegastropodmollusk in thesubfamilyOlivellinae, in thefamilyOlividae, the olives. Species in thegenusOlivella are commonly called dwarf olives.[2]
Original description: "Shell solid, whorls about 4, with a short conic spire; suture canaliculate, deep and narrow; columellar area with a strong raised callus, an upper and lower set of columellar plications; lip about four fifths the length of shell, with upper third of aperture closed off by the heavy callus. Color white, with three rather obscure suffused bands of pink, orange or yellow spots on the last whorl.
Length 10.5 mm., width 4.6 mm. Length 9.6 mm., width 4.5 mm."[3]
Locus typicus: "Dredged off Palm Beach, Florida, in 80 fathoms."[4]