Olivella mutica

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| taxon = Olivella mutica

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Olivella mutica, common name the variable dwarf olive,{{Cite web |title=Olivella mutica (Say, 1822) |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2302802 |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}} is a species of marine gastropod mollusc, commonly eaten by some starfish.{{Cite journal |last=Lima-Verde |first=José Santiago |last2=Matthews |first2=Henry Ramos |title=On the Feeding Habits of the Sea Star Luidia senegalensis (Lamarck) in the state of Ceará (Brazil) |url=https://www.labomar.ufc.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/acm-1969-9-2-13.pdf |journal=Notas Científicas}} 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. In Florida, they are known to spawn for only one month early in the year.{{Cite book |last=California Malacozoological Society. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/134168 |title=The veliger |last2=Society |first2=California Malacozoological |last3=Club |first3=Northern California Malacozoological |date=1967 |publisher=California Malacozoological Society |volume=v.10 (1967-1968) |location=Berkeley, CA}}