MolluscaBase taxon details
Callianax biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
1424883 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1424883)
accepted
Species
Oliva biplicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 · unaccepted
Olivella biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Olivella biplicata angelena T. S. Oldroyd, 1918 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Olivella biplicata lapillus Vanatta, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Olivella biplicata var. fucana T. S. Oldroyd, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Olivella biplicata var. parva T. S. Oldroyd, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Oliva biplicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): 87; Appendix: xxxiii [details]
page(s): 87; Appendix: xxxiii [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callianax biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424883 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Oliva biplicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): 87; Appendix: xxxiii [details]
original description (of Olivella biplicata var. fucana T. S. Oldroyd, 1921) Oldroyd, T. S. (1921). Some varieties of western olivellas. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 34(4): 117-119, pl. 5, figs. 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42815323
page(s): 118, pl. 5, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Olivella biplicata var. parva T. S. Oldroyd, 1921) Oldroyd, T. S. (1921). Some varieties of western olivellas. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 34(4): 117-119, pl. 5, figs. 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42815323
page(s): 119, pl. 5, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Olivella biplicata angelena T. S. Oldroyd, 1918 †) Oldroyd, T. S. (1918). <i>Olivella biplicata angelena</i>, var. nov. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 32(1): 34-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1772116 [details]
original description (of Olivella biplicata lapillus Vanatta, 1915) Vanatta, E. G. (1915). Notes on <i>Oliva</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 29(6): 67-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1815812
page(s): 71-72 [details]
basis of record 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
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new combination reference McLean, J.H. (2007) Gastropoda. In Carlton, J.T. (Ed.) Light and Smith's Manual. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California Coast. University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. 713-753. [details]
page(s): 87; Appendix: xxxiii [details]
original description (of Olivella biplicata var. fucana T. S. Oldroyd, 1921) Oldroyd, T. S. (1921). Some varieties of western olivellas. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 34(4): 117-119, pl. 5, figs. 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42815323
page(s): 118, pl. 5, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Olivella biplicata var. parva T. S. Oldroyd, 1921) Oldroyd, T. S. (1921). Some varieties of western olivellas. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 34(4): 117-119, pl. 5, figs. 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42815323
page(s): 119, pl. 5, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Olivella biplicata angelena T. S. Oldroyd, 1918 †) Oldroyd, T. S. (1918). <i>Olivella biplicata angelena</i>, var. nov. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 32(1): 34-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1772116 [details]
original description (of Olivella biplicata lapillus Vanatta, 1915) Vanatta, E. G. (1915). Notes on <i>Oliva</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 29(6): 67-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1815812
page(s): 71-72 [details]
basis of record 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

new combination reference McLean, J.H. (2007) Gastropoda. In Carlton, J.T. (Ed.) Light and Smith's Manual. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California Coast. University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. 713-753. [details]
To Conchology (Olivella biplicata) (from synonym Olivella biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825))
To Malacopics (Olivella biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Wickaninnish Beach, on sand at falling tide, collected 1983-07-12, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .) (from synonym Olivella biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825))
To Malacopics (Olivella biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) United States, California, San Luis Obispo Co., Morro Bay, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.) (from synonym Olivella biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825))
To NHMUK collection (Oliva biplicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:8730434) (from synonym Oliva biplicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
To Malacopics (Olivella biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Wickaninnish Beach, on sand at falling tide, collected 1983-07-12, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .) (from synonym Olivella biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825))
To Malacopics (Olivella biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) United States, California, San Luis Obispo Co., Morro Bay, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.) (from synonym Olivella biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825))
To NHMUK collection (Oliva biplicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:8730434) (from synonym Oliva biplicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)