''Americoliva'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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, the olives. It is sometimes considered a

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of ''

Oliva Oliva () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of La Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain. To its east lie of coastline and beaches fronting the Mediterranean Sea, and eight kilometres to the north is Gandia. The ''Passeig'' (promenade) run ...

''. It is a sympatric genus of '' Vullietoliva''.

Description

Members of ''Americoliva'' have long, well-developed hairline flammules on their filament channels.

Species

''Americoliva'' contains the following species: * ''Americoliva bollingi'' (Clench, 1934): synonym of ''Americoliva nivosa bollingi'' (Clench, 1934): synonym of ''Oliva nivosa bollingi'' Clench, 1934 * † '' Americoliva carolinensis'' (Conrad, 1862) * ''Americoliva circinata'' (Marrat, 1871): synonym of '' Oliva circinata'' Marrat, 1871 * ''Americoliva deynzerae'' (Petuch & Sargent, 1986): synonym of '' Oliva deynzerae'' Petuch & Sargent, 1986 * † '' Americoliva edwardsi'' (Olsson, 1967) Neogene atlas of Ancient life of the Southeastern United States: Americoliva edwardsi
/ref> * ''Americoliva grovesi'' Petuch & R.F. Myers, 2014: synonym of '' Oliva grovesi'' (Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014) (original combination) * ''Americoliva harpularia'' (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of '' Oliva harpularia'' Lamarck, 1811 * ''Americoliva matchetti'' Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014: synonym of '' Oliva matchetti'' (Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014) (original combination) * ''Americoliva mcleani'' Petuch & R.F. Myers, 2014: synonym of '' Oliva mcleani'' (Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014) (original combination) * ''Americoliva mooreana'' (Petuch, 2013): synonym of '' Oliva mooreana'' Petuch, 2013 * ''Americoliva murielae'' (Olsson, 1967) † : synonym of ''Americoliva nivosa murielae'' (Olsson, 1967) † * ''Americoliva nivosa'' (Marrat, 1871): synonym of '' Oliva nivosa'' Marrat, 1871 * ''Americoliva polpasta'' (Duclos, 1833): synonym of '' Oliva polpasta'' Duclos, 1833 * ''Americoliva recourti'' Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014: synonym of '' Oliva recourti'' (Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014) (original combination) * ''Americoliva reticularis'' (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of '' Oliva reticularis'' Lamarck, 1811 * ''Americoliva sayana'' (Ravenel, 1834): synonym of ''

Oliva sayana The lettered olive, ''Oliva sayana'', is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olive shells, olive snails, or olives. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva sayana Ravenel, 1834. Acc ...

'' Ravenel, 1834 * ''Americoliva sunderlandi'' (Petuch, 1987): synonym of '' Oliva sunderlandi'' Petuch, 1987

References

* Petuch & Berschauer (2019), ''A Review of the Carolinean Province Americoliva nivosa Complex (Gastropoda: Olividae) with the Description of a New Subspecies''; The Festivus 51 (4), 2019 * http://olivirv.myspecies.info/en/taxon-pages/americoliva-carolinensis Olividae {{Olividae-stub