Oliva (gastropod)

Oliva
Three growth stages of the shell of the lettered olive, Oliva sayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Subfamily: Olivinae
Genus: Oliva
Bruguière, 1789[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva (Carmione) Gray, 1858
  • Oliva (Miniaceoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Porphyria Röding, 1798

Oliva is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Olividae, the olive snails or olive shells.[2]

Subsequent to the publication of the Tursch & Greifeneder (2001) book entitled Olive shells: The genus Oliva and the species problem came out, the classification of Oliva species has changed considerably, since a number of what were previously considered to be species are now considered to be only forms of a lot fewer species. This list does not yet reflect those changes.

Species

Species within the genus Oliva include:[3][4][5]

subgenus Acutoliva

subgenus Annulatoliva

subgenus Cariboliva

subgenus Carmione

subgenus Miniaceoliva

subgenus Multiplicoliva

subgenus Musteloliva

subgenus Neocylindrus

subgenus Oliva

subgenus Omogymna

subgenus Rufoliva

subgenus Viduoliva

subgenus ?

References

  1. Bruguière J. G. (1789). Ency. Méth. (Vers) (1) xv.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Oliva Bruguière, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205393 on 2012-04-04
  3. ITIS
  4. OBIS
  5. Indo-Pacific Mollusk database
  6. Sargent, D. M., Petuch, E. J. (2012). A new species of Oliva (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Mauritius, Mascarene Islands. Visaya 3 (5): 4-10.

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