Oliva (gastropod)

Oliva
Three growth stages of the shell of the lettered olive, Oliva sayana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Subfamily: Olivinae
Genus: Oliva
Bruguière, 1789[1]
Type species
Voluta oliva
Synonyms[2]
  • Acutoliva Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Americoliva Petuch, 2013
  • Annulatoliva Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Carmione Gray, 1858
  • Galeola Gray, 1858 (original rank)
  • Miniaceoliva Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Oliva (Acutoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Americoliva) Petuch, 2013· accepted, alternate representation (original rank)
  • Oliva (Annulatoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Arctoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Cariboliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Carmione) Gray, 1858
  • Oliva (Galeola) Gray, 1858· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Miniaceoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Oliva (Multiplicoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Musteloliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Neocylindrus) P. Fischer, 1883· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Oliva) Bruguière, 1789· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Parvoliva) Thiele, 1929 accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Porphyria) Röding, 1798· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Proxoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Rufoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Strephonella) Dall, 1909· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Viduoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986· accepted, alternate representation
  • Porphyria Röding, 1798
  • Strephona Gray, 1847
  • Strephopoma [sic] (misspelling)
  • Viduoliva Petuch & Sargent, 1986

Oliva is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Olivinae of the family Olividae, the olive snails or olive shells.[2] Many former species of Oliva have been reclassified under genus Americoliva.

  1. ^ Bruguière J. G. (1789). Ency. Méth. (Vers) (1) xv.
  2. ^ a b "Oliva". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-12-11.