WoRMS name details
original description
(of Oliva zenopira Duclos, 1835) Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive. <em>Paris: Institut de France.</em> 33 plates: pls 1-12 [1835], pls 13-33 [1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200561 page(s): pl. 3 figs 11-12 [details]
basis of record
Terzer G. & Ryall P. (2005). Riscoperta e posizione sistematica di <i>Oliva ancillarioides</i> Reeve, 1850 ed <i>Oliva zenopira</i> Duclos, 1835 (Gastropoda: Olividae). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 41(9-12): 111-113. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Placed in Olivancillaria and treated as a synonym of O. nana (Lamarck, 1811) by Dautzenberg (1912), and later treated as valid species by Terzer & Ryall (2005). However the statement by Teso & Pastorino (2011) regarding Olivella nana that " the presence of operculum excludes it from Olivancillaria should apply as well to this species. [details]
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