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Olivella (Toroliva)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Olivella (Toroliva) Olsson and Harbison
1956Olivella (Toroliva) Olsson p. 198
1964Olivella (Toroliva) Woodring p. 280
2001Olivella (Toroliva) 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
genusOlivellaSwainson 1831
subgenusTorolivaOlsson and Harbison 1953

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 (Toroliva) Olsson and Harbison 1953
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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: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Olivella goliath (93174 93177)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Olivella goliath (145210 145337)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Olivella sp. (135816 135828)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Olivella goliath (134657)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Olivella fargoi (79331 79333)