Americoliva is a genus of sea snails in the family Olividae, the olives. It is sometimes considered a subgenus of Oliva. 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 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 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