MolluscaBase name details
original description
Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 537, 541, 590, 661; note: described p. 661 as "Narrow, dull, thin"; treated as nomen nudum by Powell II et al. (2020) [details]
source of synonymy
Powell II, C. L.; Vervaet, F.; Berschauer, D. (2020). A taxonomic review of California Holocene <i>Callianax</i> (Olivellidae:Gastropoda:Mollusca) based on shell characters. <em>The Festivus.</em> Supplement - special issue, 1-38. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Marrat, F. P. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus <i>Oliva</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (29-30): 1-46 [1871], pl. 1-14 (328bis–341) [1870], 15-25 (342-351) [1871]. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936930
page(s): 35, pl. 24 (350) fig. 409; note: not fig. 410 which represents Callianax strigata (Reeve, 1850) according to Powell II et al. (2020) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Distribution Alaska to California [details]