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Oliva (Oliva) oliva

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Voluta oliva was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Oliva (Oliva) oliva by Drez (1981); it was recombined as Oliva oliva by Lamarck (1799), Jensen (1996), Tomida and Nakamura (2001), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Voluta oliva Linnaeus
1799Oliva oliva Lamarck p. 70
1981Oliva (Oliva) oliva Drez p. 107
1996Oliva oliva Jensen p. 29
2001Oliva oliva Tomida and Nakamura p. 220
2010Oliva oliva Landau and Marques da Silva p. 91

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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
subgenusOlivaBruguière 1789
speciesoliva(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Oliva (Oliva) oliva Linnaeus 1758
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Oliva oliva (161785)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Philippines (Tayabas) Oliva oliva (41523 41524)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Oliva oliva (81106)