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Family: Olividae olive shells (See list of species below)

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155 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Agaronia hilli []	No picture found Agaronia leonardhilli []	No picture found Agaronia travassosi []
No picture found Amalda alabaster []	No picture found Amalda cacao []	No picture found Amalda josecarlosi []
No picture found Amalda miriky []	No picture found Amalda pacei []	No picture found Amalda raoulensis []
No picture found Amalda tankervillii []	No picture found Belloliva tubulata []	No picture found Eburna balteata []
No picture found Eburna faustoi []	No picture found Eburna glabrata []	No picture found Eburna lienardii []
No picture found Gracilancilla lindae []	No picture found Hesperancilla matthewsi []	No picture found Jaspidella blanesi []
No picture found Jaspidella carminiae []	No picture found Jaspidella jaspidea [Jasper dwarf olive]	No picture found Jaspidella miris []
Oliva annulata [Amethyst olive]	No picture found Oliva australis []	No picture found Oliva barbadensis []
No picture found Oliva bathyalis []	No picture found Oliva bayeri []	No picture found Oliva bewleyi []
Oliva bifasciata []	No picture found Oliva bulbiformis []	No picture found Oliva bulbosa [Swollen olive]
Oliva caerulea [Purplemouth olive]	Oliva carneola [Carnelian olive]	No picture found Oliva chrysoplecta []
No picture found Oliva concavospira []	No picture found Oliva drangai []	No picture found Oliva elegans []
No picture found Oliva esiodina []	No picture found Oliva faba []	No picture found Oliva formosa []
No picture found Oliva fulgurator []	No picture found Oliva goajira []	No picture found Oliva hanleyorum []
No picture found Oliva hemiltona []	No picture found Oliva hirasei []	No picture found Oliva irisans []
No picture found Oliva jamaicensis []	No picture found Oliva keeni []	No picture found Oliva lacanientai []
No picture found Oliva lepida []	No picture found Oliva lignaria []	No picture found Oliva mantichona []
Oliva miniacea [Redmouth olive]	No picture found Oliva mustelina [Weasel olive]	No picture found Oliva nitidula []
No picture found Oliva nivosa []	Oliva oliva [Common olive]	No picture found Oliva ornata []
Oliva panniculata [Silk-clad olive]	No picture found Oliva parkinsoni []	Oliva paxillus []
No picture found Oliva peruviana []	No picture found Oliva poppei []	No picture found Oliva porphyria [Tent olive]
Oliva reticularis [Netted olive]	Oliva reticulata [Blood olive]	No picture found Oliva richerti []
No picture found Oliva rufofulgurata []	No picture found Oliva rufula []	No picture found Oliva sargenti []
Oliva sayana [Lettered olive]	Oliva scripta [Caribbean olive]	No picture found Oliva semmelinki []
No picture found Oliva sericea [Orange-mouth olive]	No picture found Oliva sibogae []	No picture found Oliva sidelia []
No picture found Oliva tessellata []	No picture found Oliva tigridella []	No picture found Oliva tigrina [Tiger olive]
No picture found Oliva tisiphona []	No picture found Oliva todosina []	No picture found Oliva tremulina []
Oliva tricolor [Tricolor olive]	No picture found Oliva vicdani []	Oliva vidua [Black olive]
No picture found Olivancillaria auricularia []	No picture found Olivancillaria carcellesi []	No picture found Olivancillaria contortuplicata []
No picture found Olivancillaria deshayesiana []	No picture found Olivancillaria steeriae []	No picture found Olivancillaria teaguei []
No picture found Olivancillaria urceus [Pitcher olive]	No picture found Olivancillaria uretai []	No picture found Olivancillaria vesica []
No picture found Olivella acteocina []	No picture found Olivella amblia []	Olivella anazora []
No picture found Olivella ankeli []	No picture found Olivella arionata []	No picture found Olivella baetica [Beatic dwarf olive]
No picture found Olivella barbenthos []	No picture found Olivella biminiensis []	Olivella biplicata [Purple dwarf olive]
No picture found Olivella bullula [Bubble dwarf olive]	No picture found Olivella careorugula []	Olivella dama []
No picture found Olivella dealbata [Whitened dwarf olive]	No picture found Olivella defiorei []	No picture found Olivella ephamilla []
No picture found Olivella fletcherae []	Olivella floralia [Rice olive]	No picture found Olivella formicacorsii []
No picture found Olivella fulgurata []	No picture found Olivella fundarugata []	No picture found Olivella fuscocincta []
No picture found Olivella gracilis []	No picture found Olivella guildingii []	No picture found Olivella hyphala []
No picture found Olivella inusta []	No picture found Olivella kifos []	No picture found Olivella klappenbachi []
No picture found Olivella lactea [Adele's dwarf olive]	No picture found Olivella lepta []	No picture found Olivella macgintyi []
No picture found Olivella marmosa []	No picture found Olivella mayabe []	No picture found Olivella mica []
No picture found Olivella miliola []	Olivella minuta [Minute dwarf olive]	No picture found Olivella miriadina []
No picture found Olivella moorei []	No picture found Olivella mutica [Variable dwarf olive]	No picture found Olivella myrmecoon []
No picture found Olivella nivea [Snowy dwarf olive]	No picture found Olivella olssoni []	No picture found Olivella orejasmirandai []
Olivella perplexa [Puzzling dwarf olive]	Olivella petiolita []	No picture found Olivella plata []
No picture found Olivella puelcha []	No picture found Olivella pulicaria []	No picture found Olivella pusilla [Tiny dwarf olive]
No picture found Olivella riosi []	No picture found Olivella rosolina []	No picture found Olivella rotunda []
No picture found Olivella santacruzence []	No picture found Olivella scurra []	No picture found Olivella spreta []
No picture found Olivella stegeri []	No picture found Olivella tehuelcha []	No picture found Olivella thompsoni []
No picture found Olivella vitilia []	Olivella watermani []	No picture found Porphyria flintae []
No picture found Pseudoliva plumbea [Leaden false olive]	No picture found Turrancilla williamsoni []

155 Species of Family Olividae
(olive shells)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Agaronia hilli		Western Central Atlantic	4.6 DL
Agaronia leonardhilli		Western Central Atlantic	4.4 DL
Agaronia travassosi		Western Atlantic.	6.8 DL
Amalda alabaster		Western Central Pacific
Amalda cacao		Southwest Pacific
Amalda josecarlosi		Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL
Amalda miriky		Western Indian Ocean
Amalda pacei		Western Central Atlantic	4 NG
Amalda raoulensis		Southwest Pacific
Amalda tankervillii		Western Central Atlantic	7.5 NG
Belloliva tubulata		Western Atlantic.	1.33 DL
Eburna balteata		Western Atlantic.	5.8 DL
Eburna faustoi		Western Atlantic.	1.8 DL
Eburna glabrata		Western Atlantic.	8 DL
Eburna lienardii		Western Atlantic.	5.5 DL
Gracilancilla lindae		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL
Hesperancilla matthewsi		Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL
Jaspidella blanesi		Western Atlantic	1 DL
Jaspidella carminiae		Western Atlantic.	2 DL
Jaspidella jaspidea	Jasper dwarf olive	Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL
Jaspidella miris		Western Atlantic.	0.89 DL
Oliva annulata	Amethyst olive	Indo-Pacific.	6 ShH
Oliva australis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Oliva barbadensis		Western Atlantic.	5 DL
Oliva bathyalis		Western Central Pacific
Oliva bayeri		Western Atlantic.	3.65 DL
Oliva bewleyi		Western Atlantic.	6.58 DL
Oliva bifasciata		Western Central Atlantic
Oliva bulbiformis		Western Central Pacific
Oliva bulbosa	Swollen olive	Western Indian Ocean.
Oliva caerulea	Purplemouth olive	Indo-Pacific	6 ShH
Oliva carneola	Carnelian olive	Pacific Ocean.
Oliva chrysoplecta		Western Central Pacific
Oliva concavospira		Western Central Pacific
Oliva drangai		Western Atlantic.	4.5 DL
Oliva elegans		Western Central Pacific
Oliva esiodina		Eastern Central Pacific
Oliva faba		Western Central Pacific
Oliva formosa		Western Atlantic.	5.6 DL
Oliva fulgurator		Western Central Atlantic	5.8 DL
Oliva goajira		Western Atlantic.	5.76 DL
Oliva hanleyorum		Western Central Pacific
Oliva hemiltona		Western Central Pacific
Oliva hirasei		Western Central Pacific
Oliva irisans		Western Central Pacific
Oliva jamaicensis		Western Atlantic.	4.2 DL
Oliva keeni		Western Central Pacific
Oliva lacanientai		Western Central Pacific
Oliva lepida		Western Central Pacific
Oliva lignaria		Western Central Pacific
Oliva mantichona		Western Central Pacific
Oliva miniacea	Redmouth olive	Indo-Pacific.	9 ShH
Oliva mustelina	Weasel olive	Western Pacific
Oliva nitidula		Western Central Pacific
Oliva nivosa		Western Atlantic.	4.92 DL
Oliva oliva	Common olive	Indo-West Pacific	4 SHL
Oliva ornata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Oliva panniculata	Silk-clad olive	Central Pacific.
Oliva parkinsoni		Western Central Pacific.
Oliva paxillus		Western Central Pacific
Oliva peruviana		Southeast Pacific
Oliva poppei		Western Central Pacific
Oliva porphyria	Tent olive	Eastern Pacific. Subtrop
Oliva reticularis	Netted olive	Western Central Atlantic.	4.5 DL
Oliva reticulata	Blood olive	Indo-Pacific	5 ShH
Oliva richerti		Eastern Central Pacific.
Oliva rufofulgurata		Western Central Pacific
Oliva rufula		Western Central Pacific
Oliva sargenti		Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL
Oliva sayana	Lettered olive	Western Atlantic.	9.1 DL
Oliva scripta	Caribbean olive	Western Atlantic	4.7 DL
Oliva semmelinki		Western Central Pacific
Oliva sericea	Orange-mouth olive	Indo-Pacific
Oliva sibogae		Western Central Pacific
Oliva sidelia		Western Central Pacific
Oliva tessellata		Indo-Pacific.
Oliva tigridella		Western Central Pacific
Oliva tigrina	Tiger olive	Indo-West Pacific.
Oliva tisiphona		Western Atlantic.
Oliva todosina		Western Central Pacific
Oliva tremulina		Western Central Pacific
Oliva tricolor	Tricolor olive	Indo-Pacific	6 ShH
Oliva vicdani		Western Central Pacific
Oliva vidua	Black olive	Western Central Pacific	7 SHL
Olivancillaria auricularia		Western Atlantic.	5 DL
Olivancillaria carcellesi		Western Atlantic.	5.5 DL
Olivancillaria contortuplicata		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL
Olivancillaria deshayesiana		Western Atlantic.	3 SHL
Olivancillaria steeriae		Western Atlantic.	4.8 DL
Olivancillaria teaguei		Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL
Olivancillaria urceus	Pitcher olive	Western Atlantic.	5.8 DL
Olivancillaria uretai		Western Atlantic.	3.65 DL
Olivancillaria vesica		Western Atlantic.	4.5 DL
Olivella acteocina		Western Atlantic	0.4 DL
Olivella amblia		Western Atlantic.	0.82 DL
Olivella anazora		Southeast Pacific
Olivella ankeli		Western Atlantic.	0.85 DL
Olivella arionata		Western Atlantic.	0.75 DL
Olivella baetica	Beatic dwarf olive	Eastern Pacific
Olivella barbenthos		Western Atlantic.	0.85 DL
Olivella biminiensis		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Olivella biplicata	Purple dwarf olive	Eastern Pacific
Olivella bullula	Bubble dwarf olive	Western Central Atlantic.	1.02 DL
Olivella careorugula		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Olivella dama		Eastern Central Pacific
Olivella dealbata	Whitened dwarf olive	Western Central Atlantic.	1.4 DL
Olivella defiorei		Western Atlantic.	1.45 DL
Olivella ephamilla		Western Atlantic.	0.47 DL
Olivella fletcherae		Southeast Pacific
Olivella floralia	Rice olive	Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL
Olivella formicacorsii		Western Atlantic.	1.15 DL
Olivella fulgurata		Western Central Pacific
Olivella fundarugata		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Olivella fuscocincta		Western Atlantic.	0.95 DL
Olivella gracilis		Southeast Pacific
Olivella guildingii		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Olivella hyphala		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL
Olivella inusta		Western Atlantic	0.7 DL
Olivella kifos		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL
Olivella klappenbachi		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Olivella lactea	Adele's dwarf olive	Western Atlantic	1.3 DL
Olivella lepta		Western Pacific
Olivella macgintyi		Western Atlantic.	1.18 DL
Olivella marmosa		Western Atlantic.	0.54 DL
Olivella mayabe		Western Atlantic.	1.06 DL
Olivella mica		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Olivella miliola		Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Olivella minuta	Minute dwarf olive	Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL
Olivella miriadina		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Olivella moorei		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Olivella mutica	Variable dwarf olive	Western Atlantic.	1.72 DL
Olivella myrmecoon		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Olivella nivea	Snowy dwarf olive	Western Atlantic.	3.4 TL
Olivella olssoni		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Olivella orejasmirandai		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Olivella perplexa	Puzzling dwarf olive	Western Atlantic	0.5 DL
Olivella petiolita		Western Atlantic	1.8 DL
Olivella plata		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Olivella puelcha		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL
Olivella pulicaria		Western Central Pacific
Olivella pusilla	Tiny dwarf olive	Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Olivella riosi		Western Atlantic.
Olivella rosolina		Western Atlantic	0.82 DL
Olivella rotunda		Western Atlantic	2.5 DL
Olivella santacruzence		Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Olivella scurra		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Olivella spreta		Northwest Pacific
Olivella stegeri		Western Atlantic.	1.12 DL
Olivella tehuelcha		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Olivella thompsoni		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Olivella vitilia		Western Atlantic.	0.66 DL
Olivella watermani		Western Atlantic	1.5 DL
Porphyria flintae		Western Central Pacific
Pseudoliva plumbea	Leaden false olive	Eastern Atlantic
Turrancilla williamsoni		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL

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