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Taxonomy > Ellobiidae > Melampus Melampus olivacea Carpenter, 1857 Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 846 Hertz (1999) Illustration of the types named by S. Stillman Berry in his "Leaflets in Malacology" revised. - p. 34 [as Melampus olivaceus californianus] Statistics Frequency common - 30 localities (14.57 %) Sediment 9 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature gives a length of 16.5m; this size is nearly reached. Images Length 13.7mm. Taxonomy > Ellobiidae > Melampus