Olivoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute to medium-large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.[1][2]
| Olivoidea | |
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| Live Felicioliva kaleontina | |
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| A growth series of three shells of the lettered olive, in the family Olividae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea Latreille, 1825 |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pseudolivoidea de Gregorio, 1880 | |
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 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
- Synonyms
- Family Dactylidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Olivinae Latreille, 1825
- Subfamily Dipsaccinae P. Fischer, 1884: synonym of Ancillariidae Swainson, 1840
- Family Olivancillariidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975: synonym of Olivancillariinae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Family Olivellidae Troschel, 1869: synonym of Olivellinae Troschel, 1869
- Subfamily † Vanpalmeriinae Adegoke, 1977: synonym of Ancillariidae Swainson, 1840
- Family Zemiridae Iredale, 1924: synonym of Pseudolividae de Gregorio, 1880
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