Oliveragemmula is a genus of marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Turridae, the turrids.[MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oliveragemmula Kantor, Bouchet, Fedosov, Puillandre & Zaharias, 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1778385 on 2025-07-22
Etymology The genus is named after Professor Baldomero M. ‘Toto’ Olivera, pioneer of research on conoidean toxins and the author of many species of Turridae from the Philippines, and also referring to the overall similarity of the new genus to the earlier broader concept of Gemmula.
Species All these species formerly belonged to the genus Gemmula Oliveragemmula congener (E. A. Smith, 1894) Oliveragemmula cosmoi (Sykes, 1930) Oliveragemmula dampierana (A. W. B. Powell, 1964) Oliveragemmula diomedea (A. W. B. Powell, 1964) Oliveragemmula gilchristi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902) Oliveragemmula kieneri (Doumet, 1840) Oliveragemmula murrayi (A. W. B. Powell, 1964) Oliveragemmula rosario (Shikama & Hayashi, 1977) Oliveragemmula sogodensis (B. M. Olivera, 2005) Oliveragemmula speciosa (Reeve, 1842) Oliveragemmula subfenestrata (Kosuge, 1990) Oliveragemmula vagata (E. A. Smith, 1895) Oliveragemmula westaustralis (Kosuge, 1990)
References
Kantor, Y., Bouchet, P., Fedosov, A., Puillandre, N. & Zaharias, P. (2024). Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies. eyae032: 1-40.