Americoliva Explained

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]

Description

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

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

• 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
• http://olivirv.myspecies.info/en/taxon-pages/americoliva-carolinensis

Notes and References

1. Americoliva . 815486 . 2018-12-27.
2. Petuch. Edward J.. Berschauer. David P.. 2017. Two New Genera of Olive Shells (Gastropoda: Olividae).. The Festivus. 49. 1. 54. ResearchGate.
3. https://neogeneatlas.net/species/americoliva-edwardsi/ Neogene atlas of Ancient life of the Southeastern United States: Americoliva edwardsi