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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Olivellinae

Olivella minuta (Link, 1807)


Range: 30°N to 18.5°S; 97.36°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 15 m (live 1 to 12 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Porphyria minuta Link, 1807
Voluta nitidula Dillwyn, 1817
Oliva mutica auct. non Say, 1822
Olivina zigzag (Duclos, 1835) 
Oliva zigzag Duclos, 1835
Oliva caerulea Reeve, 1850
Oliva cyanea Reeve, 1850
Olivina strigata (Reeve, 1850) 
Oliva strigata Reeve, 1850
Oliva verreauxii Ducros, 1857

Details


Porphyria minuta Link, 1807a, p. 98, [Martini, 1773, pl. 50, fig. 545]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 30°N to 13°S; 97.36°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 13 m (live 3 to 12 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Ceara, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia
References: Warmke & Abbott (1961) d; Olsson (1956) T; J. Andrews (1977) N; Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Reguero et al. (1991) W; Macsotay & Campos (2001) D; Sterba (2004)

Oliva caerulea Reeve, 1850b,  pl. 24, fig. 1-c
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Carthagena, Central America?
Distribution: Colombia

Oliva cyanea Reeve, 1850b, p. Erratum, species 70, pl. 24, fig. 1-c
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Carthagena, Central America?
Distribution: Colombia
References: Olsson (1956) s
Comments: New name for Oliva caerulea Reeve non Wood.

Oliva mutica auct. non Say, 1822, 
[Not available]
References: Olsson (1956) s
Comments: Misidentification by Reeve (1850, pl. 28, fig. 86a).

Voluta nitidula Dillwyn, 1817, p. 521-522, [Martini, 1773, pl. 50, fig. 545-547; etc.]
[Synonymy uncertain]
Attributed to: Solander
Type Locality: Philippines, Moluccas and the Isle of France
Range: 11°N ; 74.3°W
Depth: 15 m
Distribution: Colombia
References: Dautzenberg (1900) DdNSEW; Olsson (1956) s

Oliva strigata Reeve, 1850b,  pl. 25, fig. 72a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West Indies
References: Wagner & Abbott (1978) s
Combining Genera:  Olivina

Oliva verreauxii Ducros, 1857, 
[Synonym]
Range: 18°N to 18.5°S; 77°W to 40°W
Depth: 0 to 5 m (live 1 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14.1 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Falcon, Carabobo, Vargas, Miranda, Sucre; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Surinam, Brazil: Bahia, Espirito Santo
References: Olsson (1956) M; Warmke & Abbott (1961) N; Altena (1975) d; Princz (1983); Kaicher (1987c:4948); Cosel (1986) s; Oliveira & Rezende (1994) S; Macsotay & Campos (2001)

Oliva zigzag Duclos, 1835,  pl. 2, figs. 1-2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
References: Duclos (1835) M; Olsson (1956) s
Combining Genera:  Olivina


Partial List of References

Dillwyn, L. W. 1817. A descriptive catalogue of recent shells A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells 1-2 xii + 1-580; [iv] + 581-1121. John and Arthur Arch: Cornhill.
Duclos, P. L. 1835. Genre Olive Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière de tous les Genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines [vi], pls. 1-33, 4 bis, 18 bis Institut de France: Paris.
Link, H. F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universitat zu Rostock 2  pp. [i-ii] + 51-100. Rostock. [Stated date: 29 Mar 1807.]
Reeve, L. 1850. Monograph of the genus Oliva Conchologia Iconica 6 pls. 1-30

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