Oliva
Three growth stages of the shell of the lettered olive, Oliva sayana
Scientific 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 Linnaeus, 1758
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

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

Gallery

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  Oliva amethystina
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  Oliva amethystina guttata
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  Oliva annulata f. carnicolor
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  Oliva bulbiformis
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  Oliva bulbosa forma bicingulata
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  Oliva caerulea
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  Oliva carneola forma andamanensis
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  Oliva chrysoplecta
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  Oliva elegans zigzag
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  Oliva faba
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  Oliva fulgurator
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  Oliva hirasei
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  Oliva incrassata
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  Oliva irisans
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  Oliva keenii
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  Oliva mantichora
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  Oliva multiplicata
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  Oliva mustelina
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  Oliva oliva
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  Oliva ornata
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  Oliva porphyria (mimetic of Conus sp.)
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  Oliva reticulata
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  Oliva scripta scripta
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  Oliva semmelinki
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  Oliva sericea
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  Oliva spicata
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  Oliva tigridella stellata
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  Oliva tigrina
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  Oliva tricolor
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  Oliva vidua

References

• “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.

External links

• Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219

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