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Oliva (Ispidula) sayana

Taxonomy

Oliva sayana was named by Ravenel (1834). It is extant.

It was recombined as Oliva (Oliva) sayana by Olsson (1967); it was recombined as Oliva (Ispidula) sayana by Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Subspecies

Oliva sayana immortua

Sister species

O. (Ispidula) tisiphona (syn. O. schepmani)

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

O. brevispina, O. carolinae, O. guttata, O. meganosensis, O. mississippiensis, O. paraensis, O. pirabica, O. polpasta, O. recticularis, O. venulata, O. splendidula

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Synonyms

Oliva litterata was named by Lamarck (1811) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Oliva sayana by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1810	Oliva litterata Lamarck p. 315
1811	Oliva litterata Lamarck p. 315
1834	Oliva sayana Ravenel
1904	Oliva litterata Martin p. 169
1921	Oliva literata Vaughn and et al.
1929	Oliva sayana Anderson p. 127
1953	Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Olsson and Harbison p. 183
1958	Oliva (Ispidula) sayana DuBar p. 189
1967	Oliva (Oliva) sayana Olsson pp. 30, 31
2008	Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Hendy et al. p. 189

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