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Olivella (Olivella) indivisa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Olivella indivisa was named by Guppy (1896) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean]. Its type specimen is USNM 107087, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Olivella (Dactylidia) indivisa by Woodring (1928); it was recombined as Olivella (Olivella) indivisa by Olsson (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Olivella indivisa Guppy p. 308 figs. pl. 30, fig. 10
1917Olivella indivisa Maury p. 69
1928Olivella (Dactylidia) indivisa Woodring p. 232
1956Olivella (Olivella) indivisa Olsson p. 182

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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
subgenusOlivellaSwainson 1831
speciesindivisa(Guppy 1896)

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 09:05:39
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: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Olivella indivisa (58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Olivella indivisa (58875)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Olivella indivisa (58522 69090 69094)