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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Olivellinae

Olivella dealbata (Reeve, 1850)


Range: 30°N to 9.75°N; 97°W to 64.1°W
Depth: 0 to 15 m (live 0.3 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14  mm

Synonymy

Oliva dealbata Reeve, 1850
Olivina dealbata (Reeve, 1850) 
Oliva monilifera Reeve, 1850
Oliva palliata Marrat, 1871
Oliva rubra Marrat, 1871

Details


Oliva dealbata Reeve, 1850b, pl. 25, fig. 71
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 30°N to 9.75°N; 97°W to 64.1°W
Depth: 0 to 15 m (live 0.3 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Venezuela: Sucre, Islas Los Roques; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Marrat (1871) T; Olsson (1956) M; Usticke (1959) {E}; Abbott (1958) d; Work (1969) {S}; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) S; Macsotay & Campos (2001) E
Comments: See also dealbata auct. = inusta. Not preoccupied by Porphyria dealbata Röding, 1798.
Combining Genera:  Olivina

Oliva monilifera Reeve, 1850b,  pl. 27, fig. 84a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Depth: 8 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
References: Jong & Coomans (1988) s; Sterba (2003) M
Comments: O. dealbata has one month priority (Oct. vs. Nov.) over O. monilifera; see also monilifera auct. = O. nivea.

Oliva palliata Marrat, 1871,  pl. 351, figs. 459-460
[Not available]
Type Locality: West Indies
Maximum Reported Size: 9.5 mm
References: Wagner & Abbott (1978) s
Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Oliva rubra in plate caption, not mentioned in text; as palleata in index (p. 45).

Oliva rubra Marrat, 1871, p. 40-41, pl. 351, figs. 459-460
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West Indies
Maximum Reported Size: 9.5 mm
References: Marrat (1871) M; Olsson (1956) s; Kaicher (1987c:4947)


Partial List of References

Marrat, F. P. 1871. Oliva, Bruguière Thesaurus Conchyliorum 4 46 pp., pls. 342-350, 350[bis], 351
Reeve, L. 1850. Monograph of the genus Oliva Conchologia Iconica 6 pls. 1-30

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