Title: Olivella from Micronesia
triphora - December 26, 2007 02:26 AM (GMT)
I couldn't find any Olivellas named from the Indo-Pacific in any of my books. (I don't have books on the Olividae). This one is 3.5mm from 38 feet down at the pass at Ahnd.
triphora - December 27, 2007 02:58 AM (GMT)
I think we have an ID here: Olivella amoni Sterba & Lorenz, 2005.
There's an image at http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_34806.html
Another I-P Olivella is named in Kay's 1979 book on Hawaiian seashells but it's not even close.
There's an image at http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_34806.html
Another I-P Olivella is named in Kay's 1979 book on Hawaiian seashells but it's not even close.
HGLee - December 28, 2007 03:52 PM (GMT)
Unfortunately Sterba and Lorenz (2005) overlooked some of the relevant literature before describing the species represented by your shell (and its generic-level placement) as new. Refer to the webpage http://www.jaxshells.org/riceo.htm and Lee (2004). The correct name is Olivellopsis simplex (Pease, 1868).
Lee, H. G., 2004. What is a Rice Olive anyway? Shell-O-Gram 45(5): 4-6. Sep.-Dec.
http://www.jaxshells.org/sepdec04.pdf.
Sterba, G. H. W. and F. Lorenz, 2005. Olivella (Janaoliva) amoni, a new subgenus and species from the Bismarck Archipelago and Indonesia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olivellidae). Visaya 1(3): 43-46. Jan.
Harry Lee
Lee, H. G., 2004. What is a Rice Olive anyway? Shell-O-Gram 45(5): 4-6. Sep.-Dec.
http://www.jaxshells.org/sepdec04.pdf.
Sterba, G. H. W. and F. Lorenz, 2005. Olivella (Janaoliva) amoni, a new subgenus and species from the Bismarck Archipelago and Indonesia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olivellidae). Visaya 1(3): 43-46. Jan.
Harry Lee