Subfamily Olivellinae Olsson 1956 (olive snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1956. Studies on the Genus Olivella. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 108:155-225

Parent taxon: Olividae according to W. F. Ponder and A. Warén 1988

See also Wilson 1994 and Woodring 1964

Sister taxa: Agaroniinae, Agaroninae, Anazola, Ancilla, Ancillinae, Belloliva, Eoancilla, Lindoliva, Olivancillaria, Olivinae, Pseudolivella, Vanpalmeriinae

Subtaxa: Cupidoliva Olivella

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Type: Olivella

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (2 collections), Argentina (9), 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 (214: 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 (11: 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 (57: California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia), Venezuela (14)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: California)

• 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 (42: California, Florida, Oregon, Washington)

• 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 (10: Alabama, California, Texas)

Total: 724 collections including 938 occurrences

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