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Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Olivella carolinae was named by Gardner (1948). Its type specimen is USNM 325378, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae by Olsson (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Olivella carolinae Gardner p. 259 figs. pl. 38, figs. 22, 23
1956Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae Olsson p. 186

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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
subgenusDactylidia(Adams and Adams 1853)
speciescarolinae(Gardner 1948)

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.

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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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Olivella carolinae (79248 79249)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Olivella carolinae (59309 68979 69018 79341 79342 79343)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Olivella carolinae (80033)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Olivella carolinae (80083)