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Oliva amethystina (Röding, 1798)

AphiaID

448076 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:448076)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Oliva Bruguière, 1789

Original name

Porphyria amethystina Röding, 1798

Synonymised names

Oliva emicator var. carnicolor Dautzenberg, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Oliva emicator var. nebulosa Dautzenberg, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Porphyria amethystina Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Porphyria aurata Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Subspecies Oliva amethystina amethystina (Röding, 1798)
Subspecies Oliva amethystina guttata Lamarck, 1811

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Porphyria amethystina Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 35 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oliva amethystina (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448076 on 2025-11-12

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-01-20 10:24:07Z

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Tran, Bastien

2013-09-18 21:20:01Z

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Vervaet, Fred

2017-06-20 11:10:27Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-08-18 20:00:06Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description (of Porphyria amethystina Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 35 [details]

original description (of Oliva emicator var. nebulosa Dautzenberg, 1927) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1927). Mollusques provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco dans l'Océan Atlantique et dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco. 72: 401 pp., 9 pls., available online at https://bibnum.explore.psl.eu/s/psl/ark:/18469/1k2fd
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original description (of Oliva emicator var. carnicolor Dautzenberg, 1927) Dautzenberg P. (1927). Olividés de Nouvelle Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie. 71: 1–72, 103–147., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568008n/f6.vertical
page(s): 22 [details]

original description (of Porphyria aurata Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 97 [details]

Taxonomy

status source Tursch B., Germain L. & Greifeneder D. (1986). Studies on Olividae. IV. Oliva annulata Gmelin, 1791 (of authors): a confusion of species. Indo-Malayan Zoology. 3: 189-216. [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Raven J.G.M. (Han) & Recourt P. (2018). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo. 4. Olivoidea (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda), with the description of eight new species. Vita Malacologica. 17: 113-155.
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