Galeolella todosina [(Duclos, 1840) ]

Galeolella todosina

General description:

Distribution: Western Indo-Pacific realm. Bay of Bengal province (E India). Andaman province (Thailand). Western Indian Ocean province (Western Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Mozambique). Central Indo-Pacific realm. Western Coral Triangle province . Eastern Philippines ecoregion (Philippines). Lesser Sunda ecoregion (Bali, Indonesia). Eastern Coral Triangle province (Solomon Islands). Temperate Southern Africa realm. Agulhas province (Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa).

lun, 2014-11-10 16:55 -- ron_voskuil
Oliva lepida

Original description(s):

No description, only figure.

Type material:

Syntypes MNHN 1487 (2 specimens). Unknown locality; MNHN 1354 (4 specimens). Unknwn locality. Syntype MNHN.

Taxonomy:

This was a valid species for Sterba (2004).

lun, 2014-11-10 16:54 -- ron_voskuil
Oliva todosina

Original description(s):

No description, only figure.

Taxonomy:

This common small and widely distributed species has often been named Oliva sidelia Duclos, 1835, but that taxon should be considered a nomen dubium.

This was a valid species for Sterba (2004).

ven, 2015-07-24 11:38 -- ron_voskuil
Oliva lepida

Original description(s):

"Subcylindrica, pallida, fasciis lineis maculisque angularibus notata; spira brevissima, callosa, apice acuminato; columella dense plicata, plicis calliantici numerosis distinctis; apertura intus pallidissime violacea; labio crassiusculo, extus abraso.". Recent. Philippines.

mar, 2015-06-09 11:15 -- ron_voskuil
Oliva lepida solomonensis

Original description(s):

"Shell of average size for subgenus, slender, elongated, with straight sides; color white or light gray, overlaid with pattern of fine brown triangles and zig-zags; prominent, dark brown band around mid body; spire only moderately elevated, with thick white or purple callus; aperture purple or white. Holotype: Length 16 mm, width 7 mm, collected at 1 meter depth on sand flat off Nimoa Island, Calvados Chain, Louisiade Archipelago, Solomon Sea.".

Taxonomy:

This was a junior synonym of Oliva lepida Duclos, 1835, for Sterba (2004).

mar, 2015-06-09 11:12 -- ron_voskuil