Olivoidea
| Olivoidea | |
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| live Vullietoliva kaleontina | |
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| A growth series of three shells of the lettered olive, in the family Olividae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea Latreille, 1825 |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pseudolivoidea de Gregorio, 1880 | |
Olivoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute to medium-large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.[1][2]
Taxonomy
According to the Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod Families (2017),[3] the superfamily Olivoidea has five families:[3][4]
- Family Olividae Latreille, 1825 – Olivellidae is accepted as the subfamily Olivellinae in Olividae.
- Family Ancillariidae Swainson, 1840
- Family Bellolividae Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre, Bonillo & Bouchet, 2017
- Family Benthobiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre, Bonillo & Bouchet, 2017
- Family Pseudolividae de Gregorio, 1880
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Olivoidea Latreille, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411805 on 2018-09-23
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Hausdorf, Bernhard; Kaim, Andrzej; Kano, Yasunori; Nützel, Alexander; Parkhaev, Pavel; Schrödl, Michael; Strong, Ellen E. (2017). "Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families". Malacologia. 61 (1–2): 1–526. doi:10.4002/040.061.0201. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Olivoidea Latreille, 1825". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
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