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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Olivellinae

Olivella bullula (Reeve, 1850)


Range: 34°N to 9.4°N; 88.5°W to 62°W
Depth: 30 to 538 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11  mm

Synonymy

Oliva bullula Reeve, 1850
Olivella bayeri Abbott, 1951

Details


Oliva bullula Reeve, 1850b, pl. 30, fig. 96a-b
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: West Indies
Range: 34°N to 9.4°N; 88.5°W to 62°W
Depth: 30 to 538 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10.2 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Panama
References: Dall (1927b) D; Olsson (1956) M; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Porter (1974) dN
Comments: Records from Bermuda need confirmation.

Olivella bayeri Abbott, 1951, p. 111-112, pl. 7, figs. 2a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: About 3 miles off Ajax Reef, off Elliott's Key, Lower [sic, Upper] Florida Keys
Range: 25.6°N to 24.6°N; 81.8°W to 80°W
Depth: 47 to 216 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys
References: Abbott (1951) DdNSEWM

Olivina bullata sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for bullula by Gray (1858).


Partial List of References

Abbott, R. T. 1951. New deep-water Olivellas from Florida, with notes on the O. jaspidea-nivea complex Nautilus 64 110-116, pl. 6. [Stated date: -- Apr 1951.]
Reeve, L. 1850. Monograph of the genus Oliva Conchologia Iconica 6 pls. 1-30

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