Olivella mutica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Olivella |
Species: | O. mutica
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Binomial name | |
Olivella mutica (Say, 1822)
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Olivella mutica, common name the variable dwarf olive,[1] is a species of marine gastropod mollusc, commonly eaten by some starfish.[2] They are distributed in the West Atlantic, from the coast of Brazil through the Gulf of Mexico to around Chesapeake Bay in the United States.[1] In Florida, they are known to spawn for only one month early in the year.[3]