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Olivella (Dactylidella)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Olivella (Dactylidella) was named by Woodring (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant. Its type is Oliva anazora.

It was reranked as Dactylidella by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Olivella by Woodring (1928), Olsson (1956), Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Olivella affluens, Olivella alba, Olivella apicalis, Olivella blastoides, Olivella branderi, Olivella brevis, Olivella calcis, Olivella clavula, Olivella clewistonensis, Olivella cotinados, Olivella dasa, Olivella dealbata, Olivella dodona, Olivella eleutheria, Olivella eleuthria, Olivella fargoi, Olivella floralia, Olivella fracassoensis, Olivella fulgurata, Olivella fundarugata, Olivella gladeensis, Olivella gonzalesi, Olivella grateloupi, Olivella iwakiensis, Olivella jacksonensis, Olivella japonica, Olivella lata, Olivella laumontiensis, Olivella liveoakensis, Olivella longispira, Olivella maiquetana, Olivella marmini, Olivella martiniopsis, Olivella mathewsoni, Olivella mediavia, Olivella millepunctata, Olivella minutissima, Olivella mississippiensis, Olivella mitreola, Olivella nana, Olivella neozelanica, Olivella nilotida, Olivella nivea, Olivella nymphalis, Olivella obliquata, Olivella oryzoides, Olivella paraensis, Olivella paxillus, Olivella perfloralia, Olivella plata, Olivella plata, Olivella poinciana, Olivella praebaetica, Olivella puelcha, Olivella pulchella, Olivella pusilla, Olivella salinae, Olivella salisburiana, Olivella semilignitica, Olivella semistriata, Olivella spissilabiata, Olivella spissiliabiata, Olivella spreta, Olivella spretoides, Olivella subfilifera, Olivella subperdita, Olivella tamiamiensis, Olivella techuelchana, Olivella tehuacanensis, Olivella telembiensis, Olivella ventrosa, Olivella verreauxi, Olivella verreauxii, Olivella verreauxii, Olivella vicksburgensis
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2025-06-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Olivella (Dactylidella) Woodring
1956Olivella (Dactylidella) Olsson p. 183
2001Olivella (Dactylidella) Todd
2002Dactylidella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyOlividaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyOlivellinae
genusOlivellaSwainson 1831
subgenusDactylidellaWoodring 1928

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.

Subg. Olivella (Dactylidella) Woodring 1928
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Piacenzian or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Olivella sp. (135832)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Olivella boussaci (134652 134664)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) Olivella sp. (61339 79998)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Olivella sp. (79999)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) Olivella sp. (79796 79798 79799 79800)