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Americoliva olssoni (Petuch & Sargent, 1986)
Nomenclature
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Genus: AmericolivaUnranked: Americoliva - Eastern Pacific species
Species:
Americoliva olssoni (Petuch & Sargent, 1986)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Atlas of the living olive shells of the world 140-141, Pl. 25 figs. 17-18
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Synonyms: 1
SUMMARY
Distribution: Tropical Eastern Pacicic realm. Tropical East Pacific province. Panama Bight ecoregion (Panama to Colombia).
RV 5889. Panama, Isla Pedro Gonzalez, from deep water, by shrimpers. Scale bar is 1 cm.
Considered to be a junior synonym of O. polpasta by Tursch & Greifeneder (2001), but regarded as valid species again by Sterba (2004) and Hunon, Hoarau & Robin (2009).