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Olivella mutica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Oliva mutica was named by Say (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene-Recent; New Jersey-circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Olivella (Dactylidia) mutica by Cossmann (1899), Olsson and Harbison (1953), Olsson (1956), DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Olivella mutica by Dall (1890), Abbott (1954), Richards (1962), Spencer and Campbell (1987), Petuch and Roberts (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Oliva mutica Say p. 228
1860Oliva mutica Holmes p. 76
1890Olivella mutica Dall p. 45
1899Olivella (Dactylidia) mutica Cossmann p. 54
1953Olivella (Dactylidia) mutica Olsson and Harbison p. 186
1954Olivella mutica Abbott p. 246
1956Olivella (Dactylidia) mutica Olsson p. 184
1958Olivella (Dactylidia) mutica DuBar p. 189
1962Olivella mutica Richards p. 85
1987Olivella mutica Spencer and Campbell p. 68
2007Olivella mutica Petuch and Roberts p. 183

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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
speciesmutica(Say 1822)

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 mutica Say 1822
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Olivella mutica (60401 60630 60632 60634 60635)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) Olivella mutica (59282)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) Oliva mutica (75025 75026)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Olivella mutica (59484 59485)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Olivella mutica (58893 58894 58895)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) Olivella mutica (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Olivella mutica (41501 41539 41718 61309 69029 79331 79336 80002)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Olivella mutica (58897)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Olivella mutica (92408)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Olivella mutica (66622)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Olivella mutica (7108)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Olivella mutica (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Olivella mutica (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Olivella mutica (66742 66746 66747 66749 66750 66752 69045 69047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Olivella mutica (60923 60927 60928 60929 60930 66758 66760 69046 79956 79957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Olivella mutica (57706 69049 80047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Olivella mutica (34269 41715 41740 61311 69084 69085 70010 79739 80001 80027 96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Oliva mutica (41935) Olivella mutica (92776)