Species Oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Voluta oliva Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [729, sp. no. 350].
• Oliva oriola Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1810. Suite de la détermination des espêces de mollusques testacés. Continuation du genre Porcellaine et des genres Ovula, Tarrière, Ancillaire, et Olive. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 16: 89-114, 195-222, 300-328 [321, sp. no. 41].
• Oliva flaveola Duclos, P.L. 1835. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographies. Genre Olive. Paris : Didot. [pl.6, figs 17-20].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHN.
• Oliva pygmaea Reeve, L.A. 1850. Monograph of the genus Oliva. pls 1-30 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 6. [pl.26, fig.75].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1892.9.24.6.
• Oliva ispidula algida Vanatta, E.G. 1915. Notes on Oliva. Nautilus 29: 67-72 [71] [as Oliva ispidula var. algida Vanatta, 1915].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ANSP 14986.
• Oliva ispidula gratiosa Vanatta, E.G. 1915. Notes on Oliva. Nautilus 29: 67-72 [71] [as Oliva ispidula var. gratiosa Vanatta, 1915].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [136] (see reference for additional synonyms)

 

Generic Combinations

• Oliva (Oliva) oliva (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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. [136]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

 

General References

Burch, J.Q. & Burch, R.L. 1960. Catalog of recent and fossil Olives. Minutes of the Conchological Club of Southern California 196: 1-46

Burch, J.Q. & Burch, R.L. 1967. The family Olividae. Pacific Science 21(4): 503-522

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. [136-139, text figs]

Sterba, G.H.W. 2004. Olividae: a collectors guide (Mollusca, Neogastropoda). Hackenheim : ConchBooks 172 pp. [74-75, pl. 24, figs 1-31]

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. [341]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [134, pl. 28, figs 5a-d]

Zeigler, R.F. & Porreca, H.C. 1969. Olive Shells of the World. New York : Zeigler & Porreca 96 pp.

 

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [154, pl. 155] (Common Olive)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	OLIVOIDEA	19-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		26-Nov-2013	MODIFIED