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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Olivinae

Oliva jamaicensis Marrat, 1867


Range: 18.7°N to 18°N; 77.9°W to 65.7°W
Depth: 0 to 8 m
Maximum Reported Size: 42  mm

Synonymy

Oliva jamaicensis Marrat, 1867
Oliva brunnea auct. non Marrat, 1870
Oliva figura Marrat, 1870
Oliva zombia Petuch & Sargent, 1986

Details


Oliva jamaicensis Marrat, 1867, p. 213, [Marrat 1870, pl. 330, fig. 26]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Marrat (1870)
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18.5°N to 18°N; 77.9°W to 67°W
Depth: 1 to 8 m
Maximum Reported Size: 42 mm
Distribution: Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico
References: Marrat (1870) {M}; Petuch & Sargent (1986) NW; Sterba (2004); Hunon, Hoarau & Robin (2009) DdEM

Oliva brunnea auct. non Marrat, 1870, 
[Not available]
Range: 18.4°N ; 65.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: Haiti, Puerto Rico
References: Petuch & Sargent (1986) NSEWM; Tursch & Greifeneder (2001) s; Sterba (2003)
Comments: Misidentification; the holotype of O. brunnea is a specimen of the Eastern Pacific Oliva spicata (Röding, 1798) according to Tursch & Greifeneder (2001).

Oliva figura Marrat, 1870, p. [Marrat 1871:7], pl. 331, fig. 45
[Synonym]
Type Locality: S[outh] America
Range: 18.1°N ; 67.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm
Distribution: Puerto Rico: Mona Island
References: Marrat (1870) M; Hunon, Hoarau & Robin (2009) s

Oliva (Strephona) jamaicensis zombia Petuch & Sargent, 1986, p. 136, pl. 24, figs. 17-18, text-fig. 14
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Gonave Island, Haiti
Range: 18.7°N ; 72°W
Depth: 0 to 3 m
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
Distribution: Haiti
References: Petuch & Sargent (1986) dNSEW; Hunon, Hoarau & Robin (2009) DM


Partial List of References

Marrat, F. P. 1867. On some new species of Oliva, and a new Trivia Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)20 213-215. [Stated date: -- Sep 1867.]
Marrat, F. P. 1870. Oliva, Bruguière Thesaurus Conchyliorum 4 pls. 328[bis]-341
Petuch, E. J. and D. M. Sargent. 1986. Atlas of the Living Olive Shells of the World  xv + 253 pp., 39 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia.

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