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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

Oliva emicator var. nebulosa Dautzenberg, 1927 · unaccepted

Porphyria amethystina Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (original combination)

Porphyria aurata Link, 1807 · unaccepted

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

Environment

marine

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 2025-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-01-20 10:24:07Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2013-09-18 21:20:01Z

checked

Vervaet, Fred

2017-06-20 11:10:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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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 Porphyria aurata Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 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 [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.
page(s): 117, pl. 1 figs 1-2 [details]