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Olivella (Niteoliva)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Olivella (Niteoliva) was named by Olsson (1956). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Olivella by Olsson (1956), Woodring (1964), Todd (2001).

Subtaxa
Olivella (Niteoliva) colpus, Olivella (Niteoliva) floridana, Olivella (Niteoliva) galvestonensis, Olivella (Niteoliva) marksi, Olivella (Niteoliva) minuta, Olivella (Niteoliva) tapira, Olivella (Niteoliva) terryi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Olivella affluens, Olivella alba, Olivella apicalis, Olivella blastoides, Olivella branderi, Olivella brevis, Olivella calcis, Olivella clavula, Olivella clewistonensis, Olivella cotinados, Olivella dasa, Olivella dealbata, Olivella dodona, Olivella eleutheria, Olivella eleuthria, Olivella fargoi, Olivella floralia, Olivella fracassoensis, Olivella fulgurata, Olivella fundarugata, Olivella gladeensis, Olivella gonzalesi, Olivella grateloupi, Olivella iwakiensis, Olivella jacksonensis, Olivella japonica, Olivella lata, Olivella laumontiensis, Olivella liveoakensis, Olivella longispira, Olivella maiquetana, Olivella marmini, Olivella martiniopsis, Olivella mathewsoni, Olivella mediavia, Olivella millepunctata, Olivella minutissima, Olivella mississippiensis, Olivella mitreola, Olivella nana, Olivella neozelanica, Olivella nilotida, Olivella nivea, Olivella nymphalis, Olivella obliquata, Olivella oryzoides, Olivella paraensis, Olivella paxillus, Olivella perfloralia, Olivella plata, Olivella plata, Olivella poinciana, Olivella praebaetica, Olivella puelcha, Olivella pulchella, Olivella pusilla, Olivella salinae, Olivella salisburiana, Olivella semilignitica, Olivella semistriata, Olivella spissilabiata, Olivella spissiliabiata, Olivella spreta, Olivella spretoides, Olivella subfilifera, Olivella subperdita, Olivella tamiamiensis, Olivella techuelchana, Olivella tehuacanensis, Olivella telembiensis, Olivella ventrosa, Olivella verreauxi, Olivella verreauxii, Olivella verreauxii, Olivella vicksburgensis
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2006-11-24; modified by A. Hendy on 2025-06-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Olivella (Niteoliva) Olsson
1964Olivella (Niteoliva) Woodring p. 280
2001Olivella (Niteoliva) 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
subfamilyOlivellinae
genusOlivellaSwainson 1831
subgenusNiteoliva

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 (Niteoliva) Olsson 1956
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†Olivella (Niteoliva) colpus Woodring 1928
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru Olivella tapira (66141)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Olivella terryi (52173)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Panama (Bocas del Toro) Olivella sp. (135818)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Olivella sp. (136122)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Niteoliva terryi (142897 142898 142899 142901 142902 142903 142905 142906 142913 142922 142923 142924 142925 142926 142927 142930 142931 142932 142933 142934 142935 142936 142938 142939 142940 142941 142942 142943 142944 142945 142946 142948 142950 142951) Olivella sp. (61334 79779 79780 79783 79784 79785 79790 79791 79792 79984 79985 79996 79997 136014 145530 145531) Olivella terryi (145210)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Olivella sp. (136016 145524) Olivella sp., Olivella terryi (145523) Olivella terryi (52169 52171 52174 82121 82122 82124 82126 82127 82128 93059 93144 93145 93146 93159 93160 93162 93163 93172 93175 145519 145521 145522)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Olivella marksi (60640 60662)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) Olivella sp. (79855)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Olivella sp. (135828)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Olivella minuta (41543 41545)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Olivella verreauxi (60414 60415 60416 60417)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Olivella colpus (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Olivella floridana (59484)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Olivella minuta (131217) Olivella verreauxi, Olivella minuta (131210)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) Olivella sp. (61344)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Olivella sp. (135885)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Venezuela (Sucre) Olivella verreauxii (41556)