''Belloliva'' is a

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Bellolividae The Bellolividae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Olivoidea Olivoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute to medium-large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastrop ...

Species

As of October 2018, the following species are accepted: * '' Belloliva alaos'' Kantor & Bouchet, 2007 * '' Belloliva apoma'' Kantor & Bouchet, 2007 * †'' Belloliva canaliculata'' Darragh, 2017 * '' Belloliva dorcas'' Kantor & Bouchet, 2007 * '' Belloliva ellenae'' Kantor & Bouchet, 2007 * '' Belloliva exquisita'' (Angas, 1871) * '' Belloliva iota'' Kantor & Bouchet, 2007 * '' Belloliva leucozona'' (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) * '' Belloliva obeon'' Kantor & Bouchet, 2007 * '' Belloliva triticea'' (Duclos, 1835) * '' Belloliva tubulata'' (Dall, 1889) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Belloliva brazieri'' (Angas, 1877): synonym of ''Belloliva leucozona'' (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) * ''Belloliva simplex'' (Pease, 1868): synonym of ''Janaoliva simplex'' (Pease, 1868) accepted as '' Olivellopsis simplex'' (Pease, 1868)

References

External links

Kantor Yu.I., Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Bonillo C. & Bouchet P. (2017). Returning to the roots: morphology, molecular phylogeny and classification of the Olivoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 180(3): 493-541
Bellolividae Gastropod genera {{Caenogastropoda-stub