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Oliva cylindrica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Oliva cylindrica was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Oliva (Oliva) cylindrica by Perrilliat (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Oliva cylindrica Sowerby p. 45
1917Oliva cylindrica Maury p. 67
1922Oliva cylindrica Olsson p. 88
1929Oliva cylindrica Anderson p. 127
1929Oliva cylindrica Weisbord p. 49
1960Oliva cylindrica Barrios p. 286
1992Oliva (Oliva) cylindrica Perrilliat p. 26
2010Oliva cylindrica Landau and Marques da Silva p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyOlividaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyOlivinaeLatreille 1825
genusOlivaBruguière 1789
speciescylindricaSowerby 1850

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 09:03:04
Modified: 2009-03-16 11:03:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 20.44000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.608Haiti Oliva cylindrica (173459)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Oliva cylindrica (60144 60703 60707 60710)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Oliva cylindrica (60678 60681 60683)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Michoacan) Oliva cylindrica (66163 76567)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Oliva cylindrica (74955 81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Oliva cylindrica (58824 58867 58869)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Oliva cylindrica (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Oliva cylindrica (88296 97692)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia (Atlántico) Oliva cylindrica (88304)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Oliva cylindrica (133229 133232 133233)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Oliva cylindrica (58815)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Oliva cylindrica (134673)