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Olivella mathewsonii

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy

Olivella mathewsonii was named by Gabb (1864). Its type specimen is ANSP 4202 (lectotype) and is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Olivella mathewsoni by Hanna (1927); it was recombined as Agaronia mathewsonii by Schoellhamer et al. (1981).

Subspecies

O. umpquaensis

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

O. affluens, O. apicalis, O. blastoides, O. branderi, O. brevis, O. calcis, O. clavula, O. cotinados, O. dasa, O. dealbata, O. eleutheria, O. eleuthria, O. floralia, O. fracassoensis, O. fulgurata, O. gladeensis, O. grateloupi, O. iwakiensis, O. jacksonensis, O. japonica, O. lata, O. laumontiensis, O. liveoakensis, O. longispira, O. marmini, O. mathewsoni, O. mediavia, O. millepunctata, O. minutissima, O. mississippiensis, O. mitreola, O. nana, O. neozelanica, O. nilotida, O. nivea, O. nymphalis, O. obliquata, O. oryzoides, O. paraensis, O. paxillus, O. plata, O. plata, O. praebaetica, O. puelcha, O. pulchella, O. pusilla, O. salisburiana, O. semilignitica, O. semistriata, O. spreta, O. spretoides, O. subperdita, O. tamiamiensis, O. techuelchana, O. tehuacanensis, O. ventrosa, O. vicksburgensis, O. martiniopsis, O. poinciana, O. clewistonensis, O. gonzalesi, O. fundarugata, O. maiquetana, O. salinae, O. subfilifera, O. verreauxi, O. verreauxii, O. verreauxii, O. alba, O. dodona, O. perfloralia, O. spissilabiata, O. spissiliabiata, O. telembiensis, O. fargoi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1864	Olivella mathewsonii Gabb p. 100 figs. pl. 18, fig. 53
1927	Olivella mathewsoni Hanna p. 323
1927	Olivella mathewsonii Stewart pp. 410 - 411 figs. Plate XXIX, fig. 13
1981	Agaronia mathewsonii Schoellhamer et al. p. D91
1984	Olivella mathewsonii Squires p. 34 figs. Figure 8o
1987	Olivella mathewsonii Squires p. 42 fig. 61
1988	Olivella mathewsonii Squires p. 16 fig. 35
1992	Olivella mathewsonii Squires and Demetrion p. 33

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Olivoidea	(Troschel 1869)
family	Olividae	Latreille 1825
genus	Olivella	Swainson 1831
species	mathewsonii

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Olivella mathewsonii Gabb 1864

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†Olivella mathewsonii umpquaensis Turner 1938

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

10 to < 100g

Thickness:

intermediateg

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

noneg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-03-16 09:05:39

Modified:

2009-03-16 11:05:39

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Bartonian or 59.24000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (35 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (California)	Olivella mathewsonii (11117)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (California)	Olivella mathewsonii (11120)
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	USA (California)	Olivella mathewsonii (111552)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (Oregon)	Olivella mathewsonii (52271)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Mexico (Baja California)	Olivella mathewsonii (5506)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (California)	Olivella mathewsonii (122337 122339 178749 178750 178752 178756)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Mexico (Baja California Sur)	Olivella mathewsonii (5496)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Russian Federation (Kamchatka)	Olivella mathewsonii (202264)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.03	USA (California)	Olivella mathewsonii (8018)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	Olivella mathewsoni (241808)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	USA (California)	Olivella mathewsoni (194555) Olivella mathewsonii (207113 207115 207116)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (California)	Agaronia mathewsonii (94826) Olivella mathewsonii (5543 16712 178733 200853 201192 201693 202094)
Lutetian - Bartonian	48.07 - 37.71	Russian Federation (Kamchatka)	Olivella mathewsonii (7275)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	USA (California)	Olivella mathewsoni (194184 194185)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Russian Federation (Kamchatka)	Olivella mathewsonii (8049)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Washington)	Olivella mathewsoni (203164) Olivella mathewsonii (52204 207129)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (California)	Olivella mathewsoni (52827)