title: Americoliva
text: # Americoliva
  
  Americoliva is a genus of sea snails in the family Olividae, the olives. It is sometimes considered a subgenus of Oliva. It is a sympatric genus of Vullietoliva.
  
  ## Description
  
  Members of Americoliva have long, well-developed hairline flammules on their filament channels.
  
  ## Species
  
  Americoliva contains the following species:
  
  * Americoliva bollingi (Clench, 1934): synonym of Americoliva nivosa bollingi (Clench, 1934): synonym of Oliva nivosa bollingi Clench, 1934
  * † Americoliva carolinensis (Conrad, 1862)
  * Americoliva circinata (Marrat, 1871): synonym of Oliva circinata Marrat, 1871
  * Americoliva deynzerae (Petuch & Sargent, 1986): synonym of Oliva deynzerae Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  * † Americoliva edwardsi (Olsson, 1967)
  * Americoliva grovesi Petuch & R.F. Myers, 2014: synonym of Oliva grovesi (Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014) (original combination)
  * Americoliva harpularia (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Oliva harpularia Lamarck, 1811
  * Americoliva matchetti Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014: synonym of Oliva matchetti (Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014) (original combination)
  * Americoliva mcleani Petuch & R.F. Myers, 2014: synonym of Oliva mcleani (Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014) (original combination)
  * Americoliva mooreana (Petuch, 2013): synonym of Oliva mooreana Petuch, 2013
  * Americoliva murielae (Olsson, 1967) † : synonym of Americoliva nivosa murielae (Olsson, 1967) †
  * Americoliva nivosa (Marrat, 1871): synonym of Oliva nivosa Marrat, 1871
  * Americoliva polpasta (Duclos, 1833): synonym of Oliva polpasta Duclos, 1833
  * Americoliva recourti Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014: synonym of Oliva recourti (Petuch & R. F. Meyers, 2014) (original combination)
  * Americoliva reticularis (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Oliva reticularis Lamarck, 1811
  * Americoliva sayana (Ravenel, 1834): synonym of Oliva sayana Ravenel, 1834
  * Americoliva sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987): synonym of Oliva sunderlandi Petuch, 1987
  