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Oliva (gastropod)

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Oliva
Three growth stages of the shell of the lettered olive, Oliva sayana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Subfamily: Olivinae
Genus: Oliva
Bruguière, 1789[1]
Type species
Voluta oliva
Synonyms[2]
  • Acutoliva Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Americoliva Petuch, 2013
  • Annulatoliva Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Carmione Gray, 1858
  • Galeola Gray, 1858 (original rank)
  • Miniaceoliva Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Oliva (Acutoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Americoliva) Petuch, 2013· accepted, alternate representation (original rank)
  • Oliva (Annulatoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Arctoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Cariboliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Carmione) Gray, 1858
  • Oliva (Galeola) Gray, 1858· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Miniaceoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Oliva (Multiplicoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Musteloliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Neocylindrus) P. Fischer, 1883· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Oliva) Bruguière, 1789· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Parvoliva) Thiele, 1929 accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Porphyria) Röding, 1798· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Proxoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Rufoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Strephonella) Dall, 1909· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Viduoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Porphyria Röding, 1798
  • Strephona Gray, 1847
  • Strephopoma [sic] (misspelling)
  • Viduoliva Petuch & Sargent, 1986

Oliva is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Olivinae of the family Olividae, the olive snails or olive shells.[2] Many former species of Oliva have been reclassified under genus Americoliva.

Species

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According to the World Register of Marine Species, the genus Oliva includes the following accepted species:[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Bruguière J. G. (1789). Ency. Méth. (Vers) (1) xv.
  2. ^ a b c "Oliva". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  3. ^ Rosso_ (1985) - description_dun_olividae_nouveau_du_quaternaire_terminal_gabonais_lr.pdf; Bol. Malacologico 21 (7-9) 225-230 p., Milano
  • “Olive shells: The genus Oliva and the species problem” by Bernard Tursch and Dietmar Greifeneder. L’Informatore Piceno, Italy and Bosque B. M. T., S. A., Costa Rica. pp. 1– 569 (including numerous b&w plates, text photographs, & drawings) + x + 48 color plates. 215 x 296 mm. Hard-bound. ISBN 88-86070-17-9, 2001 (In English)
  • Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (1986). Atlas of the living olive shells of the world. xv + 253 pp., 39 pls.
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