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Olivella (Callianax)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Olivella (Callianax) Woodring p. 135
1956Olivella (Callianax) Olsson p. 195
1967Olivella (Callianax) Olsson p. 12
2002Callianax 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
genusOlivellaSwainson 1831
subgenusCallianax

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 (Callianax) Woodring 1928
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Callianax baetica Carpenter 1864
Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825
Callianax pedroana Conrad 1855
†Olivella (Callianax) coensis Mansfield 1930
†Olivella (Callianax) gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Olivella (Callianax) unica Woodring 1928
†Olivella pedroana subpedroana Loel and Corey 1932
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, Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (161 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Olivella poinciana (41453 61109 92391)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Olivella gabrielensis (3315)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (California) Olivella pedroana (37516)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Olivella pedroana (91374)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Olivella martiniopsis (41473)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) Olivella biplicata (71146) Olivella pedroana (71148)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Olivella biplicata (220177 220184 220185 220196 220198) Olivella pedroana (97241 97242)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) Olivella biplicata (154115)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Olivella biplicata (215294 216433 216864) Olivella pedroana (194664)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Callianax baetica (214261 214267) Callianax biplicata (214256 214259 214260 214263)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Olivella unica (58522 69090)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Olivella biplicata (96571 96572 96573) Olivella pedroana (200398) Olivella pedroana, Olivella boetica (200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Olivella baetica (189541 189542)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Callianax biplicata, Callianax baetica (214255)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Oregon) Olivella pedroana (71106 71107)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Callianax biplicata (214286) Callianax biplicata, Callianax baetica (214285 214287) Olivella baetica (189765) Olivella biplicata (189561 189761 189766 207647 207662 207663 207666 207667 207668 207669 207671 207672 207673 207674 207675 207676 207692 207693 207694 207695 207697 207699 207700 207709 207716)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Olivella biplicata (223033) Olivella pedroana (231899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Olivella baetica, Olivella biplicata (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Olivella biplicata (186841 186844) Olivella pedroana, Olivella biplicata (201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Olivella pedroana, Olivella biplicata (71142)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Olivella biplicata (96565)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Olivella baetica, Olivella biplicata (96593) Olivella biplicata (96590 96592 96594)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Olivella biplicata (37934 37936 37937 37938 37939 37941 37944 37945 37946 37947 37948) Olivella pedroana (37940) Olivella pedroana, Olivella biplicata (37933)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Olivella baetica (71054 202494) Olivella baetica, Olivella biplicata (71053 203095 203113 223525) Olivella biplicata (202492 202634 202635 202636 202638 202643 202645 202648 203106 203114 207886 222666 222993 223327) Olivella boetica, Olivella biplicata (222995 222998) Olivella pedroana (96894 202644) Olivella pedroana, Olivella baetica, Olivella biplicata (223329) Olivella pedroana, Olivella biplicata (202632 202637 202639 203108 222663 222664 222665) Olivella pedroana, Olivella boetica, Olivella biplicata (138723)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Olivella boetica, Olivella biplicata (222646) Olivella pedroana, Olivella biplicata (223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Olivella biplicata (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Olivella biplicata (52347 67642 226465 226467) Olivella pedroana, Olivella biplicata (67613 67641 67643 67644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Olivella baetica (96589 96930 96938) Olivella baetica, Olivella biplicata (59063 96566 96936 96937) Olivella biplicata (37673 202490 202491 202936 203417) Olivella pedroana (222970) Olivella pedroana, Olivella baetica, Olivella biplicata (160361 219029 219030) Olivella pedroana, Olivella biplicata (37672 96895 222659 222660 222661 222662 222674) Strephona pedroana, Oliva pedroensis (222650)