WoRMS taxon details
Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798)
208388 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208388)
accepted
Species
Oliva (Miniaceoliva) caerulea (Röding, 1798) · alternative representation
Oliva (Miniaceoliva) caerulea ponderi Petuch & Sargent, 1986 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oliva caerulea caerulea (Röding, 1798) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Oliva episcopalis Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oliva lugubris Lamarck, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porphyria caerulea Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Oliva caerulea caerulea (Röding, 1798) accepted as Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine
(of Porphyria caerulea 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 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208388 on 2026-01-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Oliva episcopalis Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.B.M.de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Tarrière (<i>Terebellum</i>), Ancillaire (<i>Ancillaria</i>), Olive (<i>Oliva</i>). <em>Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 16: 300-328., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3547431 [details]
original description (of Oliva (Miniaceoliva) caerulea ponderi 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].
page(s): Page 89, pl. 38 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Porphyria caerulea 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 [details]
original description (of Oliva lugubris Lamarck, 1811) Lamarck [J.B.M.de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Tarrière (<i>Terebellum</i>), Ancillaire (<i>Ancillaria</i>), Olive (<i>Oliva</i>). <em>Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 16: 300-328., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3547431
page(s): 517 [details]
original description (of Oliva (Miniaceoliva) caerulea ponderi 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].
page(s): Page 89, pl. 38 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Porphyria caerulea 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 [details]
original description (of Oliva lugubris Lamarck, 1811) Lamarck [J.B.M.de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Tarrière (<i>Terebellum</i>), Ancillaire (<i>Ancillaria</i>), Olive (<i>Oliva</i>). <em>Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 16: 300-328., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3547431
page(s): 517 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Sterba, G. H. (2004). Olividae: a collectors guide. <em>ConchBooks: Hackenheim.</em> 172: 62.
page(s): 60, pl. 70 figs 1-22 [details]
page(s): 60, pl. 70 figs 1-22 [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 155. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1980). The genus Oliva (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 24(1): 221–231.
page(s): 228. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Habe, T. (1992). Illustrations of the Philippine Marine Gastropods Described by Paul Bartsch in 1918. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 50(4):296-302. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 155. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1980). The genus Oliva (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 24(1): 221–231.
page(s): 228. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Habe, T. (1992). Illustrations of the Philippine Marine Gastropods Described by Paul Bartsch in 1918. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 50(4):296-302. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カネコマクラ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Oliva episcopalis Lamarck, 1810)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Oliva caerulea f. ponderi) (from synonym Oliva (Miniaceoliva) caerulea ponderi Petuch & Sargent, 1986)
To Conchology (Oliva caerulea)
To Malacopics (Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798) Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, off Mombasa, in sand, by div...
To Malacopics (Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798) Madagascar, Toliara, Tuléar, in sand, at 1-2 m depth,...
To Malacopics (Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798) Sulu Sea, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Oliva caerulea ponderi Petuch & Sargent, 1986 Australia, Western Australia, Broome,... (from synonym Oliva (Miniaceoliva) caerulea ponderi Petuch & Sargent, 1986)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Oliva episcopalis Lamarck, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Oliva episcopalis Lamarck, 1810)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Oliva caerulea f. ponderi) (from synonym Oliva (Miniaceoliva) caerulea ponderi Petuch & Sargent, 1986)
To Conchology (Oliva caerulea)
To Malacopics (Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798) Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, off Mombasa, in sand, by div...
To Malacopics (Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798) Madagascar, Toliara, Tuléar, in sand, at 1-2 m depth,...
To Malacopics (Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798) Sulu Sea, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Oliva caerulea ponderi Petuch & Sargent, 1986 Australia, Western Australia, Broome,... (from synonym Oliva (Miniaceoliva) caerulea ponderi Petuch & Sargent, 1986)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Oliva episcopalis Lamarck, 1810)
.jpg "To Malacopics (Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798) Kenya, Mombasa, Mombasa, off Mombasa, in sand, by div...")
 lugubris.jpg "To Malacopics (Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798) Sulu Sea, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)")
