Olividae

Olive snails, also known as olive shells and olives, scientific name Olividae, are a taxonomic family of medium to large predatory sea snails with smooth, shiny, elongated oval-shaped shells.

Olividae

Hookery · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
olive snailPBDB
Sits inside
OlivoideaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 65 million years on record.

The record covers at least 66 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 72.2 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 17 of 2579 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 92 of 2579 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 458 of 2579 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 114 of 2579 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 849 of 2579 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 413 of 2579 occurrencesPleistocene — about 596 of 2579 occurrences74–71 Mya — about 3 occurrences71–69 Mya — about 7 occurrences69–66 Mya — about 7 occurrences66–64 Mya — about 19 occurrences64–61 Mya — about 23 occurrences61–59 Mya — about 35 occurrences59–56 Mya — about 13 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 22 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 24 occurrences52–49 Mya — about 24 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 34 occurrences47–44 Mya — about 41 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 41 occurrences42–39 Mya — about 126 occurrences39–37 Mya — about 113 occurrences37–34 Mya — about 31 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 30 occurrences32–29 Mya — about 30 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 28 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 20 occurrences25–22 Mya — about 30 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 75 occurrences20–17 Mya — about 131 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 124 occurrences15–12 Mya — about 110 occurrences12–9.8 Mya — about 146 occurrences9.8–7.4 Mya — about 161 occurrences7.4–4.9 Mya — about 124 occurrences4.9–2.5 Mya — about 391 occurrences2.5–0 Mya — about 619 occurrences66 Mya11.7 ka74 Mya0 Mya

2,579 occurrences of Olividae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

2,579 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

354 formations

Gatun — 9.35°N, 79.81°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.82°WGatun — 9.04°N, 80.65°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.85°WGatun — 9.26°N, 79.92°WGatun — 9.17°N, 80.00°WChipola — 30.57°N, 85.84°WChipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WChipola — 30.43°N, 84.98°WChipola — 30.47°N, 84.99°WChipola — 30.46°N, 85.16°WChipola — 30.26°N, 85.17°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.03°WCook Mountain — 32.17°N, 88.83°WCook Mountain — 32.32°N, 89.16°WCook Mountain — 32.04°N, 88.73°WCook Mountain — 32.35°N, 92.72°WCook Mountain — 30.90°N, 96.39°WCook Mountain — 32.10°N, 88.86°WCook Mountain — 32.14°N, 89.00°WCook Mountain — 31.03°N, 95.63°WCook Mountain — 31.14°N, 95.92°WCook Mountain — 31.19°N, 95.84°WCook Mountain — 30.62°N, 96.56°WCook Mountain — 31.20°N, 95.73°WCook Mountain — 31.25°N, 95.72°WCook Mountain — 29.95°N, 97.14°WCook Mountain — 30.63°N, 96.54°WCook Mountain — 31.11°N, 96.28°WCook Mountain — 30.07°N, 97.08°WGosport Sand — 31.52°N, 87.90°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.57°N, 87.58°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.13°N, 87.93°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.74°N, 118.28°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.76°N, 118.28°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.66°N, 117.94°WByram — 32.01°N, 89.38°WByram — 32.18°N, 90.25°WByram — 32.32°N, 90.86°WByram — 32.48°N, 90.80°WByram — 32.41°N, 90.84°WByram — 32.12°N, 90.53°WWeches — 31.76°N, 93.09°WWeches — 30.67°N, 96.37°WWeches — 30.00°N, 97.15°WWeches — 31.25°N, 96.12°WWeches — 31.61°N, 94.64°WWeches — 31.56°N, 94.50°WWeches — 30.68°N, 96.58°WWeches — 31.21°N, 96.02°WWeches — 31.11°N, 96.28°WWeches — 31.53°N, 94.41°WWeches — 30.18°N, 97.47°WWeches — 31.34°N, 95.68°WWeches — 31.35°N, 95.68°WWeches — 31.00°N, 96.83°WWeches — 31.59°N, 94.84°WWeches — 31.22°N, 96.06°WMare — 10.00°N, 64.00°WMare — 10.00°N, 71.00°WMare — 10.61°N, 63.52°WMare — 10.64°N, 64.11°WLisbon — 31.53°N, 87.60°WLisbon — 31.84°N, 88.25°WLisbon — 31.50°N, 87.80°WLisbon — 31.76°N, 88.10°WLisbon — 31.32°N, 86.73°WLisbon — 31.30°N, 86.48°WLisbon — 31.54°N, 87.52°WLisbon — 32.32°N, 89.16°WLisbon — 31.82°N, 88.24°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.72°N, 86.04°WShoal River — 30.63°N, 86.17°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.88°N, 120.51°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.83°N, 120.38°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.90°N, 120.32°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.74°N, 120.41°WCaloosahatchee — 26.89°N, 82.01°WCaloosahatchee — 26.76°N, 81.14°WCaloosahatchee — 26.45°N, 80.86°WCaloosahatchee — 26.34°N, 80.86°WCaloosahatchee — 27.77°N, 82.68°WCaloosahatchee — 26.75°N, 80.93°WCaloosahatchee — 26.80°N, 81.37°WCaloosahatchee — 26.50°N, 81.20°WCaloosahatchee — 26.75°N, 81.51°WCaloosahatchee — 27.34°N, 82.42°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.17°WCaloosahatchee — 26.79°N, 81.30°WCayo Agua — 9.18°N, 82.05°WCayo Agua — 9.17°N, 82.04°WCayo Agua — 9.14°N, 82.01°WTermofourà — 45.05°N, 7.80°ETermofourà — 45.04°N, 7.77°EBermont — 26.89°N, 82.01°WBermont — 27.72°N, 82.43°WBermont — 26.68°N, 80.67°WBermont — 26.38°N, 80.71°WMoodys Branch — 32.85°N, 90.41°WMoodys Branch — 32.95°N, 90.17°WMoodys Branch — 32.33°N, 90.15°WMoodys Branch — 32.23°N, 92.15°WMoodys Branch — 31.86°N, 88.70°WMoodys Branch — 31.26°N, 93.82°WMoodys Branch — 32.04°N, 92.02°WMoodys Branch — 31.78°N, 92.49°WMoodys Branch — 33.96°N, 92.19°WMoodys Branch — 31.97°N, 88.53°WMoodys Branch — 32.17°N, 88.83°WMoodys Branch — 32.98°N, 90.30°WEscudo de Veraguas — 9.09°N, 81.55°WEscudo de Veraguas — 9.10°N, 81.58°WPamlico — 32.69°N, 80.23°WPamlico — 32.78°N, 79.93°WPamlico — 34.04°N, 77.89°WPamlico — 34.78°N, 76.69°WPamlico — 35.00°N, 76.79°WPamlico — 35.25°N, 76.57°WPamlico — 35.64°N, 76.19°WPamlico — 35.50°N, 76.27°WPamlico — 35.14°N, 76.77°WPamlico — 36.33°N, 76.17°WPamlico — 33.56°N, 79.08°WCastilletes — 11.85°N, 71.33°WCastilletes — 11.92°N, 71.34°WCastilletes — 11.99°N, 71.28°WKincaid — 31.28°N, 96.98°WKincaid — 30.33°N, 97.37°WKincaid — 31.67°N, 96.47°WKincaid — 31.32°N, 96.72°WKincaid — 32.44°N, 96.23°WKincaid — 31.05°N, 96.83°WKincaid — 30.13°N, 97.47°WKincaid — 31.36°N, 96.04°WKincaid — 31.37°N, 96.69°WBowden — 17.88°N, 76.28°WNancy Point — 9.07°N, 81.79°WNancy Point — 9.15°N, 81.95°WNancy Point — 9.14°N, 81.95°WVaqueros — 33.68°N, 117.76°WVaqueros — 33.55°N, 117.82°WVaqueros — 33.77°N, 117.89°WVaqueros — 33.78°N, 117.70°WVaqueros — 33.64°N, 117.59°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 118.83°WVaqueros — 34.45°N, 118.92°WVaqueros — 34.59°N, 120.23°WVaqueros — 34.93°N, 119.05°WVaqueros — 34.98°N, 120.21°WVaqueros — 35.27°N, 120.60°WVaqueros — 35.31°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 35.25°N, 120.06°WVaqueros — 36.18°N, 121.31°WRio Banano — 9.91°N, 83.09°WRio Banano — 9.63°N, 82.82°WRio Banano — 9.66°N, 82.75°W

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The named rock units Olividae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 330 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 448 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Olividae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Olividae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

3,289 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 1,165 sites for Olividae, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

419 references

Each of the 2,579 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 407 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Olividae

Credit
Hookery
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itOlivoidea through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Latreille 1825