Olivella minuta, common name the minute dwarf olive, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Olivellinae, in the family Olividae, the olives.

Species in the genus Olivella are commonly called dwarf olives.

[4][5] This marine species is widely distributed, over the seas of the Western Hemisphere.

They live in the tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles.

They can be found off the coasts of Colombia, San Andres, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, and Puerto Rico, but these shells have been found as far south as Argentina, so it is likely that they live wherever the waters are warm enough.