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Do Lettered Olive shells come in solid white?
Very, very rarely, but netted olives from the Caribbean do more commonly. See Oliva reticularis form olorinela. If it is a lettered olive it will usually have a faint pattern or will be a pale yellowish colour. Where is it from?
Dave
it is from Myrtle Beach I don't think now it is a lettered olive,lookes like a volute-sort of.  Could be a rice , It has 4 ridges going up the shell. Not good at this at all, very new(-this year -)at this identity stuff. Will try to upload a picture.
thank you
A picture would be very useful if you could upload one. As they say; 'A picture paints a thousand words'.
Don't worry about being a newbie, we were all new to the hobby at one time!<img src="images/smiley/wink.gif" alt="" border="0" />
Dave
will post pictures on help forum.
thanks
britsnana,

It would be very helpful and save time if you would always give at least locality data and size of shell.  Here's a white <i>Olivella</i> from Florida (Common name: Rice Olivella).  There are others.

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Thanks I will try that the next time.
I think your ones are just old and bleached by the sun I am afraid. Most of them look like the Purple Dwarf Olive (Olivella biplicata) and they should be quite glossy with an apex that goes to a point. Those in your picture look to have the apex eroded to a flat or open hole. Google them up or go to gastropods .com and see what fresh ones look like.
Dave
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There is a picture of a 1/2 albino shell.  

Out of the 100 or so I have found (only nice quality ones pictured here) there has been .5 albino.

They are pretty rare.