Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Olivellinae

Olivella mutica (Say, 1822)

Range: 39°N to 4°N; 87°W to 51°W
Depth: 0 to 156 m (live 0 to 113 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17.2 mm

Synonymy

Oliva mutica Say, 1822
Olivina mutica (Say, 1822)
Dactylidia mutica (Say, 1822)
Oliva duplicata Conrad, 1843
Oliva fimbriata Reeve, 1850
Olivina fimbriata (Reeve, 1850)
Oliva rufifasciata Reeve, 1850
Oliva muticoides Gabb, 1873
Olivella coensis Mansfield, 1930

Details

Oliva mutica Say, 1822a, p. 228
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Southern shores [of the United States]
Range: 39°N to 4°N; 87°W to 51°W
Depth: 0 to 156 m (live 0 to 113 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17.2 mm
Distribution: USA: New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Bahamas, Brazil: unlocalized
References: Kurtz (1860); Melvill (1881); Dautzenberg (1900); Olsson (1956) M; Cooley (1978) W; Merrill, Bullock & Franz (1978) dLN; Princz (1982a); Lyons (1989b) l
Combining Genera: Dactylidia Olivina

Oliva mutica coënsis Mansfield, 1930, p. 52, pl. 4, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Station 3672, 1 mile northwest of Hosford, Liberty County, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
References: Mansfield (1930) M; Campbell (1993) s
Comments: Described as a fossil.

Oliva duplicata Conrad, 1843,
[Synonym]
References: Campbell (1993) s

Oliva fimbriata Reeve, 1850b, pl. 29, fig. 92a-d
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West Indies
Range: 26.5°N ; 80°W
Maximum Reported Size: 16.1 mm
References: Olsson (1956) NSEWMs
Combining Genera: Olivina

Oliva muticoides Gabb, 1873, p. 215, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'Miocene', Santo Domingo
References: Campbell (1993) s
Comments: Described as a fossil from the Dominican Republic.

Oliva rufifasciata Reeve, 1850b, pl. 28, fig. 88a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Olsson (1956) s

Partial List of References

Gabb, W. M. 1873. On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (ns)15 49-259, 2 fold-out maps.
Mansfield, W. C. 1930. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 3 189 pp., 21 pls.
Reeve, L. 1850. Monograph of the genus Oliva Conchologia Iconica 6 pls. 1-30
Say, T. 1822. An account of some of the marine shells of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 221-248, 257-276, 302-325. [Stated date: -- Jun 1822; true date: -- Jul 1822.]

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