Marine Species Traits - Olivella spreta A. Gould, 1861

WoRMS taxon details

Olivella spreta A. Gould, 1861

AphiaID

448252 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:448252)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Olivella Swainson, 1831

Original name

Olivella spreta A. Gould, 1861

Environment

marine

Original description

Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 385-389 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 [April 1861]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492428
page(s): 383. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Hong Kong Island

type locality contained in Hong Kong Island [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Olivella spreta A. Gould, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448252 on 2025-05-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-01-20 10:24:07Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2014-02-12 09:39:06Z

checked

Vervaet, Fred

2023-11-23 00:01:54Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 385-389 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 [April 1861]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492428
page(s): 383. [details]

basis of record Vervaet F. & Recourt P. pers. com., January 2010 [details]

Other

context source (HKRMS) Leung KF. (1997). The impacts of dreging on the epibenthic molluscan community of the southeastern waters of Hong Kong: A comparison of the 1992 and 1995 trawl programmes. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Eighth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China IV. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 401-436. [details]