Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Parent taxon: Oliva according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Addicott 1970, Drez 1981, Olsson 1967, Perrilliat 1992, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Oliva (Ispidula), Oliva (Neocylindrus), Oliva (Omogymna), Oliva (Strephona), Oliva (Strephonella), Oliva acuminata, Oliva bombylis, Oliva brevispira, Oliva caldania, Oliva canalifera, Oliva carneola, Oliva couvana, Oliva cristobalcoloni, Oliva cylindrica, Oliva delata, Oliva funebralis, Oliva futheyana, Oliva gatunensis, Oliva giraudi, Oliva harrisi, Oliva idonea, Oliva immortua, Oliva indica, Oliva junghuhni, Oliva laumontiana, Oliva maura, Oliva media, Oliva meganosensis, Oliva miniacea, Oliva misti, Oliva mitrata, Oliva mitreola, Oliva peruviana, Oliva pichincha, Oliva reticularis, Oliva simonsoni, Oliva spicata, Oliva subplicata, Oliva subulata, Oliva tjidamrensis, Oliva trinidadensis, Oliva tuberaensis, Oliva utriculus, Oliva valens, Oliva vetusta
Subtaxa: Oliva (Oliva) blowi Oliva (Oliva) californica Oliva (Oliva) caribaeensis Oliva (Oliva) corticata Oliva (Oliva) edwardsi Oliva (Oliva) incrassata Oliva (Oliva) murielae Oliva (Oliva) oliva Oliva (Oliva) posti Oliva (Oliva) vokesorum Oliva (Oliva) waltoniana
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (2), Mexico (5), Panama (2), Peru (1), United States (5: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (9), Ecuador (1), Indonesia (3), Jamaica (1), Panama (15), the Philippines (2), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (1), Panama (35), United States (23: California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Ecuador (1), Panama (2), United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 117 collections including 125 occurrences