Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Alternative spelling: Strephona
Parent taxon: Oliva according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2002
See also Dey 1961, Mukerjee 1939, Petuch 1988, Petuch and Roberts 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Oliva (Ispidula), Oliva (Neocylindrus), Oliva (Oliva), Oliva (Omogymna), 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 (Strephona) australis Oliva (Strephona) contoyensis Oliva (Strephona) dufresnei Oliva (Strephona) flammulata
Type: Oliva flammulata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), United States (4: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Indonesia (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of France (3), Germany (14), India (1), Indonesia (5), Italy (1), Japan (1), Pakistan (1), South Africa (1)
• Oligocene of Pakistan (1)
Total: 41 collections including 52 occurrences