| Olivella exilis | |
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| Shell of Olivella exilis (specimen 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. exilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Olivella exilis (Marrat, 1871)[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Olivella (Lamprodoma) exilis (Marrat, 1871) | |
Olivella exilis 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]
The taxonomic status of this species is uncertain. [2]
- ^ Marrat (1871). On some new species of Oliva. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)2 p. 212–214.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ a b c Olivella exilis (Marrat, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.