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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Subfamily: | Olivinae |
| Genus: | Americoliva Petuch, 2013[1] |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Oliva (Americoliva) Petuch, 2013 | |
Description
editMembers of Americoliva have long, well-developed hairline flammules on their filament channels.[2]
Species
editAmericoliva 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
edit- ^ a b c d e "Americoliva". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- ^ a b Petuch, Edward J.; Berschauer, David P. (2017). "Two New Genera of Olive Shells (Gastropoda: Olividae)". The Festivus. 49 (1): 54 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ 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