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Oliva (Strephona) australis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Oliva australis was named by Duclos (1835) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Oliva (Strephona) australis by Vredenburg (1925), Mukerjee (1939), Iqbal (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Oliva australis Duclos
1925Oliva (Strephona) australis Vredenburg p. 105
1939Oliva (Strephona) australis Mukerjee p. 68
1980Oliva (Strephona) australis Iqbal p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyOlividaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyOlivinaeLatreille 1825
genusOlivaBruguière 1789
subgenusStrephonaMörch 1852
speciesaustralis(Duclos 1835)

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.

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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 09:03:04
Modified: 2009-03-16 11:03:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Oliva australis (77450)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Oliva australis (77457)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India (Meghalaya) Oliva australis (46493)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Oliva australis (70081 70085 70086)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan Oliva australis (42170)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Oliva australis (41473)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Oliva australis (70080)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Oliva australis (70079)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Australia (Western Australia) Oliva australis (63353)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Oliva australis (63207 96708)