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Oliva (Neocylindrus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Neocylindrus was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Oliva (Neocylindrus) by Cossmann (1903) and Vredenburg (1925).

It was assigned to Oliva by Cossmann (1903) and Vredenburg (1925); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Oliva (Neocylindrus) Cossmann p. 112
1925Oliva (Neocylindrus) Vredenburg p. 102
2002Neocylindrus 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
subfamilyOlivinaeLatreille 1825
genusOlivaBruguière 1789
subgenusNeocylindrus

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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Oliva martini (70085)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Oliva mustelina (77133)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Oliva mustelina (70122)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Oliva mustelina (97077)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Fiji Oliva mustelina (94832)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Oliva mustelina (78044)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan Oliva mustelina (97028)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Oliva mustelina (78043)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Akita) Oliva mustelina (56380)