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Olivella quadriplicata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy

Olivella quadriplicata was named by Clark (1918). Its type specimen is UCMP 11251 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

O. affluens, O. apicalis, O. blastoides, O. branderi, O. brevis, O. calcis, O. clavula, O. cotinados, O. dasa, O. dealbata, O. eleutheria, O. eleuthria, O. floralia, O. fracassoensis, O. fulgurata, O. gladeensis, O. grateloupi, O. iwakiensis, O. jacksonensis, O. japonica, O. lata, O. laumontiensis, O. liveoakensis, O. longispira, O. marmini, O. mathewsoni, O. mediavia, O. millepunctata, O. minutissima, O. mississippiensis, O. mitreola, O. nana, O. neozelanica, O. nilotida, O. nivea, O. nymphalis, O. obliquata, O. oryzoides, O. paraensis, O. paxillus, O. plata, O. plata, O. praebaetica, O. puelcha, O. pulchella, O. pusilla, O. salisburiana, O. semilignitica, O. semistriata, O. spreta, O. spretoides, O. subperdita, O. tamiamiensis, O. techuelchana, O. tehuacanensis, O. ventrosa, O. vicksburgensis, O. martiniopsis, O. poinciana, O. clewistonensis, O. gonzalesi, O. fundarugata, O. maiquetana, O. salinae, O. subfilifera, O. verreauxi, O. verreauxii, O. verreauxii, O. alba, O. dodona, O. perfloralia, O. spissilabiata, O. spissiliabiata, O. telembiensis, O. fargoi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1918	Olivella quadriplicata Clark p. 185 figs. Plate 19, figures 10 and 17

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Olivoidea	(Troschel 1869)
family	Olividae	Latreille 1825
subfamily	Olivellinae
genus	Olivella	Swainson 1831
species	quadriplicata

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.

†Olivella quadriplicata Clark 1918

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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, Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (California)	Olivella quadriplicata (180446)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	USA (California)	Olivella quadriplicata (type locality: 122273)