WoRMS taxon details
Olivancillaria vesica (Gmelin, 1791)
448171 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:448171)
accepted
Species
Bulla vesica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Oliva aquatilis Reeve, 1850 · unaccepted
Olivancillaria vesica vesica (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Olivancillaria vesica auricularia (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Olivancillaria auricularia (Lamarck, 1811)
- Subspecies Olivancillaria vesica vesica (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Olivancillaria vesica (Gmelin, 1791)
marine
(of Bulla vesica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
Distribution Argentina to Brazil
Distribution Argentina to Brazil [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Olivancillaria vesica (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448171 on 2026-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulla vesica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Oliva aquatilis 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]
original description (of Oliva aquatilis 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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Teso V. & Pastorino G. (2011) A revision of the genus <i>Olivancillaria</i> (Mollusca: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic. <i>Zootaxa</i> 2889: 1–34., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2889.1.1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Argentina to Brazil [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Olivancillaria vesica vesica (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Conchology (Olivancillaria vesica)
To Malacopics (Olivancillaria vesica (Gmelin, 1791) Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, in shallow water, sand ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Olivancillaria vesica vesica (Gmelin, 1791))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Conchology (Olivancillaria vesica)
To Malacopics (Olivancillaria vesica (Gmelin, 1791) Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, in shallow water, sand ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Olivancillaria vesica vesica (Gmelin, 1791))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
