• Source: Olivancillaria
  • Olivancillaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Olivancillariinae of the family Olividae.


    Description


    Animal: The head and tentacles are concealed. The mantle shows a large, thick, fleshy appendage behind. The foot is very voluminous, runcate posteriorly. The shield has very large and rounded side-lobes.
    The operculum is distinct, half-ovate with an subapical nucleus.
    Shell: The shell is smooth and oblong. The spire is short with the suture not canaliculated to the apex. The aperture is moderate. The columella shows two or three oblique plaits anteriorly, and has a large callosity posteriorly.


    Species


    Species within the genus Olivancillaria include:

    Olivancillaria auricularia (Lamarck, 1811)
    Olivancillaria carcellesi Klappenbach, 1965
    Olivancillaria claneophila (Duclos, 1840)
    Olivancillaria contortuplicata (Reeve, 1850)
    Olivancillaria deshayesiana (Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857)
    Olivancillaria orbignyi (Marrat, 1868)
    Olivancillaria teaguei Klappenbach, 1964
    Olivancillaria urceus (Röding, 1798)
    Olivancillaria vesica (Gmelin, 1791)
    Species brought into synonymy

    Olivancillaria brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Olivancillaria urceus (Röding, 1798)
    Olivancillaria buckuporum Thomé, 1966: synonym of Olivancillaria carcellesi Klappenbach, 1965
    Olivancillaria brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Olivancillaria urceus (Röding, 1798)
    Olivancillaria millepunctata (Duclos, 1840): synonym of Olivella millepunctata (Duclos, 1835)
    Olivancillaria nana (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Olivella nana (Lamarck, 1811)
    Olivancillaria steeriae (Reeve, 1850): synonym of Agaronia steeriae (Reeve, 1850)
    Olivancillaria uretai Klappenbach, 1965: synonym of Olivancillaria orbignyi (Marrat, 1868)
    Olivancillaria zenopira (Duclos, 1835): synonym of Olivella nana (Lamarck, 1811)


    References




    Further reading


    Teso V. & Pastorino G. (2011) A revision of the genus Olivancillaria (Mollusca: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 2889: 1–34.


    External links



    Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates

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