Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Alternative combinations: Oliva mutica, Olivella (Dactylidia) mutica
Belongs to Olivella according to R. S. Spencer and L.D. Campbell 1987
See also DuBar 1958, Holmes 1860, Olsson 1956, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Petuch and Roberts 2007 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: 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 inconspicua, Olivella intorta, Olivella javana, Olivella lactea, Olivella mathewsonii, Olivella minbuensis, Olivella minuta, Olivella quadriplicata, Olivella santana, Olivella spissa, Olivella tomlini, Porphyria spicata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (49: Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene of United States (7: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5)
Total: 62 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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