Distribution: Western Indo-Pacific realm. Western Indian Ocean province. Central Indian Ocean Islands province. East Africa, the Seychelles and the Chagos Archipelago (Sterba, 2004).
RV 1384. Seychelles, Mahe, in traps, crabbed, depth 25 m. Scale bar is 1 cm.
No description, only figure.
This was a valid species for Sterba (2004).
This was a color form of Oliva annulata Gmelin, 1791, for Petuch & Sargent (1986: 67, Pl. 3 figs. 15-16).
"O. cruentata, Sol.; maculata, Duclos; guttata, Lamk.;aurata, Link, amethystina, Bolten. — Subfusiformis, crassa, albida, maculis angularibus varie picta; spira pyramidata, anfractibus planulatis, fasciculis linearum fuscarum marginatis, balteo purpureo maculato vel flammulato; columella distanter et valide plicata, callo antico solido, plicis tribus aut quatuor distinctis rugato; apertura intus subaurea; labio crasso, extus abraso. The spots are all angular, whatever their size and however disposed. The columella plaits are unequal, sometimes duplicated.". Recent. No specific localities given for the specimens figured. Composite species: fig. 57, 59 = Oliva mantichora Duclos, 1840; fig. 58 = Oliva maculata Duclos, 1840; fig. 60 = Porphyria amethystina Röding, 1798.
"Shell oblong-cylindrical, spire generally acuminated, sometimes annulated above the middle, sharp at the apex, columellar plaits numerous, somewhat irregular, duplicate, pale brownish cream-colour or ruddy, marked throughout with obscure violet-purple spots, which are deep violet-purple round the base and at the sutures, sometimes mottled or reticulated with purple-flesh color.". Recent. Composite species: fig. 30a = Oliva maculata Duclos, 1840; figs. 30b-c = Oliva mantichora Duclos, 1840; fig. 30d = Porphyria amethystina Röding, 1798. No specific locality selected for the specimens illustrated.
This was (in part) a junior synonym of Oliva maculata Duclos, 1840, for Sterba (2004).
"O. Cylindraceo-ventricosa, albida; maculîs fusco violaceis, sparsis; spira acuta; ore aurantio. C'est encore ici une espèce toujours facile à distinguer des autres, Sur un fond blanchâtre; elle offre une multitude de taches ou gouttelettes d'un brun rougeâtre ou violet, inégales et éparses. Ces taches, d'un violet plus foncé sur le bord supérieur de chaque tour de spire, font pâroître ces bords comme crénelés. L'ouverture de la coquille montre un intérieur jaunâtre ou d'un orangé pâle. Cette coquille n'est point rare; sa longueur est de 48 millimètres.". Refers to Bruguière, 1798: Pl. 368 fig. 2 (A); Rumphius, 1705: Pl. 39 fig. 6 (B); Lister, 1688: Pl. 720 fig. 5 (C); Martini, 1773: Pl. 46 figs. 491-492 (D). Recent. No locality given.
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Junior primary homonym of Oliva guttata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807, and of Oliva guttata Fischer von Waldheim, 1808.
This was a junior synonym of Oliva maculata Duclos, 1840, for Sterba (2004).
