Marine Species Traits - Olivella dama (W. Wood, 1828)

WoRMS taxon details

Olivella dama (W. Wood, 1828)

AphiaID

448198 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:448198)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Olivella Swainson, 1831

Original name

Voluta dama W. Wood, 1828

Synonymised names

Oliva (Olivella) purpurata Swainson, 1831 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Oliva dama (W. Wood, 1828) · unaccepted

Olivella purpurata (Swainson, 1831) · unaccepted

Voluta dama W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Voluta dama W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 11, pl. 4 fig. 37 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Gulf of California to Acapulco

Distribution Gulf of California to Acapulco [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Olivella dama (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448198 on 2025-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-01-20 10:24:07Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2011-09-30 01:19:41Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2020-05-14 14:22:49Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Voluta dama W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 11, pl. 4 fig. 37 [details]

original description (of Oliva (Olivella) purpurata Swainson, 1831) Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): 2: pl. 58 [details]