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Oliva (Oliva)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Oliva (Oliva) was named by Bruguière (1789). It is extant. Its type is Oliva corticata.

It was assigned to Oliva by Bruguière (1789), Woodring (1928), Woodring (1964), Olsson (1967), Addicott (1970), Drez (1981), Perrilliat (1992), Todd (2001).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Oliva acumiata, Oliva adami, Oliva affluens, Oliva affluens, Oliva alumensis, Oliva annulata, Oliva araneosa, Oliva australis, Oliva bellardi, Oliva bollingi, Oliva briani, Oliva bulbosa, Oliva bulbosa, Oliva caerulea, Oliva canaliculata, Oliva carolinae, Oliva carolinae, Oliva carolinensis, Oliva carolinensis, Oliva cayapa, Oliva ceppiensis, Oliva clavula, Oliva cokyae, Oliva cristobalcolon, Oliva cristobalcoloni, Oliva cueva, Oliva cylindracea, Oliva davisac, Oliva djocdjocartae, Oliva djocdjocarte, Oliva duerri, Oliva durfresnei, Oliva edwardsae, Oliva elegans, Oliva erici, Oliva forelandensis, Oliva funebralia, Oliva gravesae, Oliva guttata, Oliva inflata, Oliva irisans, Oliva ispida, Oliva ispida, Oliva ispidula, Oliva ispidula, Oliva jenniferae, Oliva juffingae, Oliva kaleontina, Oliva keatoni, Oliva lindae, Oliva lindae, Oliva liodes, Oliva longifusa, Oliva longispira, Oliva malthata, Oliva martini, Oliva mendezensis, Oliva menkrawitensis, Oliva mississippiensis, Oliva mustellina, Oliva mustellina, Oliva neostina, Oliva ornata, Oliva paraensis, Oliva paraporphyria, Oliva peruviana, Oliva pichnincha, Oliva picholina, Oliva pirabica, Oliva platonica, Oliva polpasta, Oliva polypasta, Oliva pseudoaustralis, Oliva pupaeformis, Oliva recticularis, Oliva reticularis, Oliva reticularis, Oliva reticularis, Oliva robesonensis, Oliva roseae, Oliva rucksorum, Oliva rufula, Oliva rufula, Oliva rufula, Oliva rufula, Oliva ryani, Oliva sandwicensis, Oliva sanguinolenta, Oliva sayana, Oliva scripta, Oliva sidelia, Oliva sidelia, Oliva smithorum, Oliva sondeiana, Oliva southbayensis, Oliva splendidula, Oliva splendidula, Oliva subulata, Oliva tjaringinensis, Oliva tjidamarensis, Oliva tricincta, Oliva tubaraensis, Oliva venulata, Oliva wendyae, Oliva woolnoughi, Oliva woolnoughi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Oliva (Oliva) Bruguière
1928Oliva (Oliva) Woodring p. 225
1964Oliva (Oliva) Woodring p. 276
1967Oliva (Oliva) Olsson p. 30
1970Oliva (Oliva) Addicott p. 120
1981Oliva (Oliva) Drez p. 107
1992Oliva (Oliva) Perrilliat p. 26
2001Oliva (Oliva) Todd

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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
subgenusOlivaBruguière 1789

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. Oliva (Oliva) Bruguière 1789
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Oliva (Oliva) californica Anderson 1905
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Invalid names: Oliva simondsi Trask 1922 [synonym]
Oliva (Oliva) caribaeensis Dall and Simpson 1901
Oliva (Oliva) edwardsi Olsson 1967
Oliva (Oliva) incrassata Lightfoot 1786
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Invalid names: Oliva angulata Lamarck 1811 [synonym]
Oliva (Oliva) murielae Olsson 1967
Oliva (Oliva) oliva Linnaeus 1758
Oliva (Oliva) posti Dall 1915
Oliva (Oliva) waltoniana Gardner 1937
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (126 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Ecuador (Guayas) Oliva pichnincha (61201)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Oliva posti (71652)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Panama Oliva sp. (42568 42577)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Oliva posti (60985)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Oliva sp. (42624 42628 42631)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Oliva californica (71225 71227 167645 238163 238189 238214 238217 238234 238241 238261)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carolina) Oliva posti (41987)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Oliva blowi (92458 92461 92504 92505 92548 92551 92556 92569) Oliva blowi, Oliva vokesorum (89574 89575 92379 92457 92503) Oliva vokesorum (92513)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (California) Oliva californica (59073)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Oliva californica (237500 237565)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Oliva sp. (68970) Oliva waltoniana, Oliva blowi (92507 111204 136943)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Panama (Bocas del Toro) Oliva sp. (135818)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Oliva sp. (61342 136006 136016 136118 145524)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Oliva sp. (61334 79779 79780 79783 79784 79785 79790 79791 79792 79984 79985 79987 79995 79996 79997 136014 145530)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Oliva sp. (136007 136104 136122)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Oliva ispida (42339)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Oliva cristobalcolon (131220)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) Oliva sp. (61346)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Oliva oliva (161785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) Oliva sp. (79855)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Oliva sp. (75042)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Oliva sp. (61347 135816 135821 135828)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Oliva sp. (74971)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Oliva sp. (135839)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) Oliva sp. (79777 79982)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Oliva sp. (135832)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador (Manabi) Oliva angulata (51886)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Oliva ispidula (70105) Oliva tjaringinensis (70080)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Philippines (Tayabas) Oliva oliva (41523 41524)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Oliva angulata (66791)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) Oliva sp. (79992 79993)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Oliva sp. (69090)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Oliva scripta (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Oliva ispidula (70079)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Oliva sp. (61336 61337 61343 79771 79774 79983 79999 135876)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) Oliva sp. (61339 61344 79998)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) Oliva sp. (79796 79799 79800 79801 79803 79990)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Ecuador (Manabi) Oliva incrassata (48665)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Peru Oliva incrassata (97649)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama (Bocas) Oliva sp. (61338 79871)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Oliva carolinae (80083)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Oliva incrassata (96565)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Oliva sp. (79842)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Oliva angulata (97639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Oliva murielae (35031 79740)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Oliva carolinensis (69046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Oliva carolinensis (69045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Oliva incrassata (44963 96557 96558)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Oliva oliva (81106)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Oliva corticata (96870)