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
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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)
  • Americoliva circinata (Marrat, 1871): synonym of Oliva circinata Marrat, 1871
  • Americoliva deynzerae (Petuch & Sargent, 1986)
  • Americoliva grovesi Petuch & R.F. Myers, 2014
  • Americoliva harpularia (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Americoliva matchetti Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014
  • Americoliva mcleani Petuch & R.F. Myers, 2014
  • Americoliva 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)
  • Americoliva recourti Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014
  • Americoliva reticularis (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Americoliva sayana (Ravenel, 1834)
  • Americoliva sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987)
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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)" (PDF). The Festivus. 49 (1): 54 via ResearchGate.
  • 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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