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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Olivellinae

Olivella exilis (Marrat, 1868)
Dubious name; not Western Atlantic?


Maximum Reported Size: 10  mm

Synonymy

Oliva exilis Marrat, 1868
Lamprodoma exilis (Marrat, 1868) 

Details


Oliva exilis Marrat, 1868b, p. 213, [Marrat 1871, pl. 351, fig. 452]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: South America
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
References: Marrat (1868b) M
Comments: Kaicher (1987c: 4959) suggested the species may be from the Caribbean.
Combining Genera:  Lamprodoma


Partial List of References

Marrat, F. P. 1868. On some new species of Oliva Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)2 212-214. [Stated date: -- Sep 1868.]

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