David,

The name pattersoni Clench, 1945, was applied to the solid dark brown color
form of Oliva bifasciata (Küster in Weinkauff, 1878).
It is only a color form and has no taxonomic status.
Tursch and Greifeneder lumped about 10 or 12 valid Caribbean species into
Oliva fulgurator. The actual fulgurator is not found in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sterba, 2005 and Hunon, et al, 2009 corrected that in subsequent works.
Oliva bollingi Clench, 1934 is a junior synonym of Oliva bifasciata (Küster
in Weinkauff, 1878).  bollini is a misspelling.
There are a few other species and forms that Ed Petuch and I are revising,
as we have been able to examine many (dozens and hundreds) more specimens.
Oliva magdae and Oliva finlayi will become forms of Oliva bahamasensis, (all
Petuch and Sargent, 1986)
We expect the new book to be done in about a year.
Complicated is an understatement!

Best wishes,

Dennis Sargent

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David Kirsh
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 4:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] What species of Olive snails are found in the Gulf of
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What is the (disputed) name of the dark amber olive I found in Rincon,
Puerto Rico? I had been given the name Oliva pattersoni during the 1960s.

David Kirsh
Durham, NC

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From: Jim Brunner
Sent: Aug 20, 2010 11:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] What species of Olive snails are found in the Gulf of
Mexico?

As Harry indicates  Oliva fulgurator is found in the northeastern Gulf.
 There are also the forms listed by Abbott as bollini  and  pattersoni, but
the ID of Gulf olives has gotten so complicated that I no longer know what
they are forms of.

Jim Brunner
On Aug 20, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Gregory Nielsen wrote:


Does anyone have info on any other species of Oliva found in the Gulf
besides O. sayana?
Thanks, Greg Nielsen

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