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]
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| Shell of Olivella costulata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Olivella |
| Species: | O. costulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Olivella costulata Paulmier, 2007
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Description
editMembers 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.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Martinique.
References
edit- ^ Olivella costulata Paulmier, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ "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