Genus Oliva Bruguière, 1789

Museums

Regional Maps

• Oliva Bruguière, J.G. 1789. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers. Paris : Agasse Vol. 1(1) i-xviii, 757 pp.

  Type species:

   Voluta oliva Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.

 

Introduction

The use of subgenera in the genus Oliva has varied from author to author over time. They were used, with many defined by, Petuch & Sarget (1986) but rejected by Tursch & Greifeneder (2001). They were used again by Hunonet al. (2009). In this work we follow Tursch & Greifeneder in regarding the subgenera as not useful, being based mainly on shell characters.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical and temperate seas

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Ducros de Saint Germain, A.M.P. 1857. Revue critique du Genre Oliva de Bruguiere. Clermont : Fernand Thibaud.

Greifeneder, D. & Tursch, B. 1996. The specimens vs. figures: on the identity of some Oliva species (Studies on Oliva 26). Apex 11(3-4): 163-175

Hunon, C., Hoarau, A. & Robin, A. 2009. Olividae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). A complete survey of Recent species of the genus Oliva. Paris, France : Xenophora 256 pp.

Kilburn, R.N. 1980. The genus Oliva (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae) in Southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 24(1): 221-231

Petuch, E.J. & Sargent, D.M. 1986. Atlas of the Living Olive Shells of the World. Fort Lauderville, Virginia : Coastal Education and Research Foundation 253 pp.

Sterba, G.H.W. 2004. Olividae: a collectors guide (Mollusca, Neogastropoda). Hackenheim : ConchBooks 172 pp.

Tursch, B., Duchamps, R. & Greifeneder, D. 1994. Studies on Olividae. XX The pre-Lamarckian names for Oliva species. Apex 9(2-3): 51-78

Tursch, B. & Greifeneder, D. 2001. Oliva Shells. The genus Oliva and the species problem. Italy : L Informatore Piceno 570 pp.

Tursch, B. & L. Germain 1985. Studies on Olividae. I. A morphometric approach to the Oliva problem. Indo-Malayan Zoology 2: 331-352

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [132]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	OLIVOIDEA	26-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		28-Nov-2011	MODIFIED