Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Synonym: Porphyria Link 1807
Parent taxon: Olividae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Addicott 1970, da Silva Forti 1969, DuBar 1958, Gardner 1948, Hendy et al. 2008, MacNeil 1960, Olsson 1931, Olsson 1956, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Turner 1938, Ward and Blackwelder 1987, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Agaroniinae, Anazola, Ancilla, Ancillinae, Belloliva, Eoancilla, Lindoliva, Olivancillaria, Olivellinae, Olivinae, Pseudolivella, Vanpalmeriinae
Subtaxa: Olivella (Callianax) Olivella (Dactylidella) Olivella (Dactylidia) Olivella (Lamprodoma) Olivella (Macgintiella) Olivella (Mansfieldella) Olivella (Minioliva) Olivella (Niteoliva) Olivella (Olivella) Olivella (Olivina) Olivella (Orbignytesta) Olivella (Pachyoliva) Olivella (Toroliva) Olivella (Zanoetella) Olivella boussaci Olivella clanzigi Olivella claytonensis Olivella elegantula Olivella gardnerae Olivella intorta Olivella javana Olivella lactea Olivella mathewsonii Olivella minbuensis Olivella minuta Olivella mutica Olivella quadriplicata Olivella santana Olivella spissa Olivella tomlini
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (2 collections), the Bahamas (3), Bermuda (7), Brazil (9), Cayman Islands (4), Costa Rica (5), Cuba (1), Ecuador (3), Fiji (1), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Kenya (1), Mexico (20), Panama (4), Peru (4), the Philippines (1), the Seychelles (1), Taiwan (5), United States (168: California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (3), Virgin Islands (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (9: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (1), Costa Rica (14), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (3), Haiti (1), Indonesia (3), Jamaica (4), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Panama (22), Peru (1), Trinidad and Tobago (9), Tunisia (1), United States (53: California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia), Venezuela (14)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Brazil (4), Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (8), Ecuador (2), France (2), Germany (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (5), Japan (9), Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (97), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (3), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (9), United States (33: California, Florida, Oregon)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1), United States (2: California, Florida)
• Oligocene of Ecuador (1), Hungary (1), Mexico (1), Myanmar (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (7: California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), France (1), Indonesia (1), Mexico (2), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (36: Alabama, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of Poland (3), United States (9: Alabama, California, Texas)
Total: 651 collections including 837 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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