Olivellan.

Brit.

/ɒlɪˈvɛlə/, U.S.

/ˌɑləˈvɛlə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Olivella.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Olivella, originally a subgenus name (W. Swainson 1831, in Zool. Illustr. (ed. 2) II. 58) < Oliva , genus name (see oliva n.) + -ella -ella suffix.

Zoology.

A genus of small gastropod molluscs of warm and tropical seas (family Olividae), having glossy cylindrical shells; (also olivella) a snail of this genus. Also: the shell of such a snail, formerly used as beads and as currency.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > other types of gastropod mollusc

purpura1598

patella1671

canoe-shell1711

oliva1823

monoceros1828

Olivella1835

holostome1864

sundial1868

archaeogastropod1955

1835 W. Swainson Elem. Mod. Conchol. ii. 15 Among the Olives (Olivinae) there are but few genera... Olivella..; pillar with two strong basal plaits.

1874 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 2) 508 Characteristic species... Lignitic period... In California, in the Tejon group, occur..species of Ammonites..Fusus..Olivella..Natica [etc.].

1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 914 Those species which have a very extended mantle, with hardly an exception have a lirate aperture (Oliva, Olivella, Cypræa, Trivia, etc.)

1919 Man 19 35 It is dressed with feathers and encircled with a string of precious beads—..together with olivella or abalone shells.

1952 A. M. Keen & J. C. Pearson Illustr. Key to Western N. Amer. Gastropod Genera 24/1 Shell highly polished, smooth... Olivella.

1991 Antiquity 65 960/1 One type of bead was reportedly employed as a form of currency governing regional exchange... This was a type of Olivella shell callus bead, a form costly to make.

2000 S. Moczygemba-Mckinsey & D. E. Stuart Anasazi Amer. viii. 156 Moderate quantities of abalone and olivella shell..came from both the Pacific coast of California and the bays of Sonora.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	olivella
释义	Olivellan. Brit. /ɒlɪˈvɛlə/, U.S. /ˌɑləˈvɛlə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Olivella. Etymology: < scientific Latin Olivella, originally a subgenus name (W. Swainson 1831, in Zool. Illustr. (ed. 2) II. 58) < Oliva , genus name (see oliva n.) + -ella -ella suffix. Zoology. A genus of small gastropod molluscs of warm and tropical seas (family Olividae), having glossy cylindrical shells; (also olivella) a snail of this genus. Also: the shell of such a snail, formerly used as beads and as currency. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > other types of gastropod mollusc purpura1598 patella1671 canoe-shell1711 oliva1823 monoceros1828 Olivella1835 holostome1864 sundial1868 archaeogastropod1955 1835 W. Swainson Elem. Mod. Conchol. ii. 15 Among the Olives (Olivinae) there are but few genera... Olivella..; pillar with two strong basal plaits. 1874 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 2) 508 Characteristic species... Lignitic period... In California, in the Tejon group, occur..species of Ammonites..Fusus..Olivella..Natica [etc.]. 1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 914 Those species which have a very extended mantle, with hardly an exception have a lirate aperture (Oliva, Olivella, Cypræa, Trivia, etc.) 1919 Man 19 35 It is dressed with feathers and encircled with a string of precious beads—..together with olivella or abalone shells. 1952 A. M. Keen & J. C. Pearson Illustr. Key to Western N. Amer. Gastropod Genera 24/1 Shell highly polished, smooth... Olivella. 1991 Antiquity 65 960/1 One type of bead was reportedly employed as a form of currency governing regional exchange... This was a type of Olivella shell callus bead, a form costly to make. 2000 S. Moczygemba-Mckinsey & D. E. Stuart Anasazi Amer. viii. 156 Moderate quantities of abalone and olivella shell..came from both the Pacific coast of California and the bays of Sonora. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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