Americoliva

Americoliva is a genus of sea snails in the family Olividae, the olives.[1] It is sometimes considered a subgenus of Oliva.[1] It is a sympatric genus of Vullietoliva.[2]

Americoliva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Subfamily: Olivinae
Genus: Americoliva
Petuch, 2013[1]
Synonyms[1]

Oliva (Americoliva) Petuch, 2013

Description

Members of Americoliva have long, well-developed hairline flammules on their filament channels.[2]

Species

Americoliva contains the following species:[1]

  • Americoliva bollingi (Clench, 1934): synonym of Americoliva nivosa bollingi (Clench, 1934): synonym of Oliva nivosa bollingi Clench, 1934
  • Americoliva carolinensis (Conrad, 1862)
  • Americoliva circinata (Marrat, 1871): synonym of Oliva circinata Marrat, 1871
  • Americoliva deynzerae (Petuch & Sargent, 1986): synonym of Oliva deynzerae Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Americoliva edwardsi (Olsson, 1967) [3]
  • Americoliva grovesi Petuch & R.F. Myers, 2014: synonym of Oliva grovesi (Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014) (original combination)
  • Americoliva harpularia (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Oliva harpularia Lamarck, 1811
  • Americoliva matchetti Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014: synonym of Oliva matchetti (Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014) (original combination)
  • Americoliva mcleani Petuch & R.F. Myers, 2014: synonym of Oliva mcleani (Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014) (original combination)
  • Americoliva mooreana (Petuch, 2013): synonym of Oliva mooreana Petuch, 2013
  • Americoliva murielae (Olsson, 1967) : synonym of Americoliva nivosa murielae (Olsson, 1967)
  • Americoliva nivosa (Marrat, 1871): synonym of Oliva nivosa Marrat, 1871
  • Americoliva polpasta (Duclos, 1833): synonym of Oliva polpasta Duclos, 1833
  • Americoliva recourti Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014: synonym of Oliva recourti (Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014) (original combination)
  • Americoliva reticularis (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Oliva reticularis Lamarck, 1811
  • Americoliva sayana (Ravenel, 1834): synonym of Oliva sayana Ravenel, 1834
  • Americoliva sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Oliva sunderlandi Petuch, 1987

References

  1. "Americoliva". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  2. Petuch, Edward J.; Berschauer, David P. (2017). "Two New Genera of Olive Shells (Gastropoda: Olividae)". The Festivus. 49 (1): 54 via ResearchGate.
  3. Neogene atlas of Ancient life of the Southeastern United States: Americoliva edwardsi
  • Petuch & Berschauer (2019), A Review of the Carolinean Province Americoliva nivosa Complex (Gastropoda: Olividae) with the Description of a New Subspecies; The Festivus 51 (4), 2019


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