Olivoidea
Sign in to saveOlivoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute to medium-large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.
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- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
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Olivoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute to medium-large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.
==Taxonomy== According to the Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod Families (2017), the superfamily Olivoidea has five families: 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 thumb|Oliva miniacea
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