Dear all

Just a quick list of species of Oliva from the Gulf of Mexico,
according to Rosenberg, Moretzsohn and García (2009):

Oliva circinata Marrat, 1871 - ne & sw GoMx
Oliva finlayi Petuch & Sargent, 1986 - ese GoMx
Oliva formosa Marrat, 1870 - se, ne & sw GoMx
Oliva magdae Petuch & Sargent, 1986 - ese GoMx
Oliva reticularis - se & sw GoMx
Oliva sayana - entire GoMx
Oliva scripta - entire GoMx

(the page on olivids can be seen in Google Books, which has lots of
pages from this publication):
http://tinyurl.com/24a77fp

The following endnotes from the book are related to the species above:

Oliva circinata: O. sunderlandi Petuch, 1987 (type locality: west of
Cedar Key, Florida) is a synonym; see Sterba (2004). New record for SW
GMx; ID: EFG; coll. R/V Pelican, 15 June 2005, Campeche Bank,
22º05.89'N, 91º22.89'W, 40–42 m, EFG 25872.

Oliva formosa: Regarded as a form of O. reticularis Lamarck, 1811, by
Zeigler and Porreca (1969); as a form of O. bewleyi Marrat, 1870, by
Petuch and Sargent (1986); and a form of O. bifasciata Weinkauff,
1878, by Sterba (2004). The illustration of the holotype of O. formosa
by Tursch and Greifeneder (2001) shows that it is a senior synonym of
O. bifasciata [GR]. New record for SW GMx; ID: EFG; coll. R/V Pelican,
16 June 2005, Campeche Bank, 22º08.76'N, 91º24.00'W, 63–65 m, EFG
25820.

Oliva sayana: O. sayana sarasotensis Petuch and Sargent, 1986 (type
locality: approximately 15 km due west of Lido Beach, Sarasota,
Florida) and O. sayana texana Petuch and Sargent, 1986 (type locality:
Padre Island, Texas) are synonyms; see Sterba (2004); listed in the
original Bulletin 89 (Rehder 1954).

Oliva scripta: O. caribaeensis Dall and Stimpson, 1901, is a synonym;
see Tursch and Greifeneder (2001).

Rosenberg, G., Moretzsohn, F., and García, E. F. 2009. Gastropoda
(Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D. L. and
Camp, D. K. (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1.
Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Cheers,
Fabio M.
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Fabio Moretzsohn, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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