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Oliva Bruguière, 1789

205393  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205393)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Olivoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Olividae (Family)
  9. Olivinae (Subfamily)
  10. Oliva (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Americoliva Petuch, 2013 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Miniaceoliva Petuch & Sargent, 1986 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Oliva (Americoliva) Petuch, 2013 · alternative representation (original rank)
Oliva (Miniaceoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986 · alternative representation (original rank)
Oliva (Omogymna) E. von Martens, 1897 · alternative representation
Oliva (Porphyria) Röding, 1798 · alternative representation
Omogymna E. von Martens, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Porphyria Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Species Oliva amethystina (Röding, 1798)
  2. Species Oliva atalina Duclos, 1835
  3. Species Oliva bulbosa (Röding, 1798)
  4. Species Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798)
  5. Species Oliva carneola (Gmelin, 1791)
  6. Species Oliva caroliniana Duclos, 1840
  7. Species Oliva elegans Lamarck, 1811
  8. Species Oliva emeliodina Duclos, 1845
  9. Species Oliva flammulata Lamarck, 1811
  10. Species Oliva incrassata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
  11. Species Oliva irisans Lamarck, 1811
  12. Species Oliva jaspidea Duclos, 1835
  13. Species Oliva lecoquiana Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857
  14. Species Oliva leonardhilli Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  15. Species Oliva macleaya Duclos, 1840
  16. Species Oliva mascarena Tursch & Greifeneder, 1996
  17. Species Oliva miniacea (Röding, 1798)
  18. Species Oliva mustelina Lamarck, 1811
  19. Species Oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758)
  20. Species Oliva ozodona Duclos, 1835
  21. Species Oliva panniculata Duclos, 1835
  22. Species Oliva pica Lamarck, 1811
  23. Species Oliva picta Reeve, 1850
  24. Species Oliva ponderosa Duclos, 1840
  25. Species Oliva porphyria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  26. Species Oliva reticulata (Röding, 1798)
  27. Species Oliva sayana Ravenel, 1834
  28. Species Oliva sericea (Röding, 1798)
  29. Species Oliva sidelia Duclos, 1840
  30. Species Oliva tigrina Lamarck, 1811
  31. Species Oliva todosina Duclos, 1840
  32. Species Oliva tremulina Lamarck, 1811
  33. Species Oliva tricolor Lamarck, 1811
  34. Species Oliva vidua (Röding, 1798)
  35. Species Oliva annulata (Gmelin, 1791) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  36. Species Oliva acuminata Lamarck, 1811 accepted as Agaronia acuminata (Lamarck, 1811)
  37. Species Oliva castanea Dautzenberg, 1910 accepted as Oliva flammulata flammulata Lamarck, 1811
  38. Species Oliva duclosi Reeve, 1850 accepted as Oliva jaspidea Duclos, 1835 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  39. Species Oliva episcopalis Lamarck, 1810 accepted as Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Species Oliva esiodina Duclos, 1844 accepted as Oliva jaspidea Duclos, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  41. Species Oliva fabagina Lamarck, 1811 accepted as Oliva bulbosa (Röding, 1798)
  42. Species Oliva inflata Lamarck, 1811 accepted as Oliva bulbosa (Röding, 1798)
  43. Species Oliva ispidula (Linnaeus, 1758) † accepted as Agaronia ispidula (Linnaeus, 1758) † (Has been frequently used for a Recent species and/or a synonym of Oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758) but is actually a fossil)
  44. Species Oliva lepida Duclos, 1840 accepted as Oliva todosina Duclos, 1840
  45. Species Oliva nitidula Duclos, 1835 accepted as Oliva ozodona nitidula Duclos, 1835 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  46. Species Oliva olympiadina Duclos, 1835 accepted as Oliva miniacea tremulina Lamarck, 1811 accepted as Oliva tremulina Lamarck, 1811
  47. Species Oliva paxillus Reeve, 1850 accepted as Oliva nitidula Duclos, 1835 accepted as Oliva ozodona nitidula Duclos, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  48. Species Oliva sanguinolenta Lamarck, 1810 accepted as Oliva reticulata (Röding, 1798)
  49. Species Oliva scitula Marratt, 1870 accepted as Oliva caroliniana Duclos, 1840
  50. Species Oliva textilina Lamarck, 1811 accepted as Oliva sericea (Röding, 1798)
  51. Species Oliva zenopira Duclos, 1835 accepted as Olivella zenopira (Duclos, 1835) (original combination)
  52. Subgenus Oliva (Americoliva) Petuch, 2013 represented as Oliva Bruguière, 1789 (original rank)
    1. Subgenus Oliva (Miniaceoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986 represented as Oliva Bruguière, 1789 (original rank)
      1. Species Oliva (Miniaceoliva) miniacea (Röding, 1798) represented as Oliva miniacea (Röding, 1798)
      2. Species Oliva (Miniaceoliva) tremulina Lamarck, 1811 represented as Oliva tremulina Lamarck, 1811
    2. Subgenus Oliva (Omogymna) E. von Martens, 1897 represented as Oliva Bruguière, 1789
      1. Subgenus Oliva (Porphyria) Röding, 1798 represented as Oliva Bruguière, 1789
        marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
        recent + fossil
        feminine
        Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
        page(s): xv [details] 
        MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oliva Bruguière, 1789. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205393 on 2026-05-20
        Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Oliva Bruguière, 1789. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205393 on 2026-05-20
        Date
        action
        by
        1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
        created
        Vanden Berghe, Edward
        2001-11-14 15:35:57Z
        changed
        Vanden Berghe, Edward
        2006-09-26 06:56:50Z
        changed
        Martinez, Olga
        2010-03-11 14:19:39Z
        changed
        Tran, Bastien
        2011-05-25 07:27:05Z
        checked
        Bouchet, Philippe
        2017-05-28 03:00:42Z
        changed
        Bouchet, Philippe
        2019-01-11 19:24:30Z
        changed
        Bouchet, Philippe

        original description Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
        page(s): xv [details] 

        original description (of Oliva (Miniaceoliva) Petuch & Sargent, 1986) Petuch, E. J. & Sargent, D. M. (1986). <i>Atlas of the Living Olive Shells of the World</i>. xv + 253 pp, 39 pls. [September 1981]. [details] 

        original description (of Oliva (Americoliva) Petuch, 2013) Petuch, E. J. (2013). <i>Biogeography and biodiversity of western Atlantic mollusks</i>. CRC Press. 252 pp. [Published 2 April 2013].
        page(s): 209 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

        original description (of Omogymna E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Conchologische Miscellen II. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 63(1): 157-180, pls 15-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14194430
        page(s): 157 [details] 

        original description (of Oliva (Omogymna) E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Conchologische Miscellen II. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 63(1): 157-180, pls 15-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14194430
        page(s): 157 [details] 

        original description (of Porphyria Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
        page(s): 32 [details] 

        additional source Kantor Yu.I., Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Bonillo C. & Bouchet P. (2017). Returning to the roots: morphology, molecular phylogeny and classification of the Olivoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 180(3): 493-541., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw003 [details] 
        		 
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        To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Americoliva) (from synonym Americoliva Petuch, 2013)
        To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oliva) 
        To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Omogymna) (from synonym Omogymna E. von Martens, 1897)
        To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Porphyria) (from synonym Porphyria Röding, 1798)
        To Genbank 
        To Genbank (from synonym Americoliva Petuch, 2013)
        To Genbank (from synonym Omogymna E. von Martens, 1897)
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