Olivoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute to medium-large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order 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 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
References
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^ 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
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^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
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^ 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.
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^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Olivoidea Latreille, 1825". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
