Americoliva is a genus of sea snails in the family Olividae, the olives. It is sometimes considered a subgenus of Oliva. It is a sympatric genus of Vullietoliva.
Description
Members of Americoliva have long, well-developed hairline flammules on their filament channels.
Species
Americoliva contains the following species:
- Americoliva bollingi <small>(Clench, 1934)</small>: synonym of Americoliva nivosa bollingi <small>(Clench, 1934)</small>: synonym of Oliva nivosa bollingi <small>Clench, 1934</small>
- â Americoliva carolinensis <small>(Conrad, 1862)</small>
- Americoliva circinata <small>(Marrat, 1871)</small>: synonym of Oliva circinata <small>Marrat, 1871</small>
- Americoliva deynzerae <small>(Petuch & Sargent, 1986)</small>: synonym of Oliva deynzerae <small>Petuch & Sargent, 1986</small>
- â Americoliva edwardsi <small>(Olsson, 1967)</small>
- Americoliva grovesi <small>Petuch & R.F. Myers, 2014</small>: synonym of Oliva grovesi <small>(Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014)</small> (original combination)
- Americoliva harpularia <small>(Lamarck, 1811)</small>: synonym of Oliva harpularia <small>Lamarck, 1811</small>
- Americoliva matchetti <small>Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014</small>: synonym of Oliva matchetti <small>(Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014)</small> (original combination)
- Americoliva mcleani <small>Petuch & R.F. Myers, 2014</small>: synonym of Oliva mcleani <small>(Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014)</small> (original combination)
- Americoliva mooreana <small>(Petuch, 2013)</small>: synonym of Oliva mooreana <small>Petuch, 2013</small>
- Americoliva murielae <small>(Olsson, 1967)</small> â : synonym of Americoliva nivosa murielae <small>(Olsson, 1967)</small> âÂÂ
- Americoliva nivosa <small>(Marrat, 1871)</small>: synonym of Oliva nivosa <small>Marrat, 1871</small>
- Americoliva polpasta <small>(Duclos, 1833)</small>: synonym of Oliva polpasta <small>Duclos, 1833</small>
- Americoliva recourti <small>Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014</small>: synonym of Oliva recourti <small>(Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014)</small> (original combination)
- Americoliva reticularis <small>(Lamarck, 1811)</small>: synonym of Oliva reticularis <small>Lamarck, 1811</small>
- Americoliva sayana <small>(Ravenel, 1834)</small>: synonym of Oliva sayana <small>Ravenel, 1834</small>
- Americoliva sunderlandi <small>(Petuch, 1987)</small>: synonym of Oliva sunderlandi <small>Petuch, 1987</small>
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