WoRMS taxon details
Olivella mica (Duclos, 1835)
![To GB Mollusca Types (Oliva rubra Marrat, 1871; Lectotype; LIVCM.17.6.1875 [550])](https://gbmolluscatypes.ac.uk/biosyb_images/images/0022000_0023999/web/thumbnails/0022008.jpg "To GB Mollusca Types (Oliva rubra Marrat, 1871; Lectotype; LIVCM.17.6.1875 [550])")
448224 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:448224)
accepted
Species
Oliva dealbata Reeve, 1850 · unaccepted
Oliva mica Duclos, 1835 · unaccepted (original combination)
Oliva monilifera Reeve, 1850 · unaccepted
Oliva rubra Marrat, 1871 · unaccepted (original combination)
Olivella dealbata (Reeve, 1850) · unaccepted
Olivella monilifera (Reeve, 1850) · unaccepted
Olivella rubra (Marrat, 1871) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Oliva mica Duclos, 1835) Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). <i>Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive</i>. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12, 4bis [November 1835], pls 13-33, 18bis [March 1840]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200561
page(s): pl. 1 figs 11-12 [details]
page(s): pl. 1 figs 11-12 [details]
Type locality contained in Antilles
type locality contained in Antilles [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Olivella mica (Duclos, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448224 on 2025-12-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Oliva monilifera Reeve, 1850) Reeve, L. A. (1850). Monograph of the genus <i>Oliva</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 6, pl. 1-30 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, November, 1850; pl. 2-9, August 1850; pl. 11-18, September 1850; pl. 19-26, October 1850; pl. 27-30, November 1850]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9142240
page(s): pl. 27, species no. 84 [details]
original description (of Oliva mica Duclos, 1835) Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). <i>Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive</i>. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12, 4bis [November 1835], pls 13-33, 18bis [March 1840]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200561
page(s): pl. 1 figs 11-12 [details]
original description (of Oliva rubra Marrat, 1871) Marrat, F. P. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus <i>Oliva</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (29-30): 1-46 [1871], pl. 1-14 (328bis–341) [1870], 15-25 (342-351) [1871]. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936930
page(s): 40, No 217, pl. 25, figs 459, 460. [details]
original description (of Oliva dealbata Reeve, 1850) Reeve, L. A. (1850). Monograph of the genus <i>Oliva</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 6, pl. 1-30 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, November, 1850; pl. 2-9, August 1850; pl. 11-18, September 1850; pl. 19-26, October 1850; pl. 27-30, November 1850]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9142240 [details]
basis of record Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 17: 1-111. [details]
page(s): pl. 27, species no. 84 [details]
original description (of Oliva mica Duclos, 1835) Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). <i>Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive</i>. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12, 4bis [November 1835], pls 13-33, 18bis [March 1840]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200561
page(s): pl. 1 figs 11-12 [details]
original description (of Oliva rubra Marrat, 1871) Marrat, F. P. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus <i>Oliva</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (29-30): 1-46 [1871], pl. 1-14 (328bis–341) [1870], 15-25 (342-351) [1871]. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936930
page(s): 40, No 217, pl. 25, figs 459, 460. [details]
original description (of Oliva dealbata Reeve, 1850) Reeve, L. A. (1850). Monograph of the genus <i>Oliva</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 6, pl. 1-30 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, November, 1850; pl. 2-9, August 1850; pl. 11-18, September 1850; pl. 19-26, October 1850; pl. 27-30, November 1850]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9142240 [details]
basis of record Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 17: 1-111. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Olivella dealbata (Reeve, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Olivella monilifera (Reeve, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Olivella rubra (Marrat, 1871))
To Conchology (Olivella dealbata) (from synonym Olivella dealbata (Reeve, 1850))
To Conchology (Olivella monilifera cf.) (from synonym Olivella monilifera (Reeve, 1850))
To GB Mollusca Types (Oliva rubra Marrat, 1871; Lectotype; LIVCM.17.6.1875 [550]) (from synonym Oliva rubra Marrat, 1871)
To GB Mollusca Types (Oliva scurra Marrat, 1871; Syntype(s) (figured) (possible); LIVCM.17.6.1875 [556]) (from synonym Olivella dealbata (Reeve, 1850))
To Genbank (from synonym Oliva monilifera Reeve, 1850)
To Malacopics (Olivella mica (Duclos, 1835) Curaçao, Santa Barbara, collected 1975-11-20, ex coll....
To Malacopics (Olivella rubra (Marrat, 1871) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Union Island, by dr... (from synonym Olivella rubra (Marrat, 1871))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Olivella dealbata (Reeve, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Olivella monilifera (Reeve, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Olivella rubra (Marrat, 1871))
To Conchology (Olivella dealbata) (from synonym Olivella dealbata (Reeve, 1850))
To Conchology (Olivella monilifera cf.) (from synonym Olivella monilifera (Reeve, 1850))
To GB Mollusca Types (Oliva rubra Marrat, 1871; Lectotype; LIVCM.17.6.1875 [550]) (from synonym Oliva rubra Marrat, 1871)
To GB Mollusca Types (Oliva scurra Marrat, 1871; Syntype(s) (figured) (possible); LIVCM.17.6.1875 [556]) (from synonym Olivella dealbata (Reeve, 1850))
To Genbank (from synonym Oliva monilifera Reeve, 1850)
To Malacopics (Olivella mica (Duclos, 1835) Curaçao, Santa Barbara, collected 1975-11-20, ex coll....
To Malacopics (Olivella rubra (Marrat, 1871) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Union Island, by dr... (from synonym Olivella rubra (Marrat, 1871))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Olivella dealbata (Reeve, 1850))
![To GB Mollusca Types (Oliva scurra Marrat, 1871; Syntype(s) (figured) (possible); LIVCM.17.6.1875 [556])](https://gbmolluscatypes.ac.uk/biosyb_images/images/0022000_0023999/web/thumbnails/0022026.jpg "To GB Mollusca Types (Oliva scurra Marrat, 1871; Syntype(s) (figured) (possible); LIVCM.17.6.1875 [556])")
.jpg "To Malacopics (Olivella mica (Duclos, 1835) Curaçao, Santa Barbara, collected 1975-11-20, ex coll....")
.jpg "To Malacopics (Olivella rubra (Marrat, 1871) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Union Island, by dr...")
