Several species of this genus are known from both coasts of North America, as well as temperate ocean waters in other parts of the world. Olive snails live on and in sandy substrates, and they are predators on small clams, other snails and worms. There were many submissions for our May contest, but surprisingly, there were no correct answers. This was an excellent guess and the contest judges had considerable difficulty ruling on these submissions, but in the end, they felt that the genus Oliva is distinctly different from the pictured Olivellla . This material may be copied for use in student classroom projects and reports.
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