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Olivellinae
Sign in to saveOlivellinae, are a subfamily of small predatory sea snails with smooth, shiny, elongated oval-shaped shells, in the family Olividae. The shells sometimes show muted but attractive colors, and may have some patterning.
Species
Subfamily
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyOlividae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Olividae
- Collections
- FMNH
- Recorded in
- United States
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Olivellinae, are a subfamily of small predatory sea snails with smooth, shiny, elongated oval-shaped shells, in the family Olividae. The shells sometimes show muted but attractive colors, and may have some patterning.
These animals are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Olivoidea, within the order Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of Bouchet and Rocroi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olivellinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.