Olivinae is a

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

s, marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the

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Olividae Olive snails, also known as olive shells and olives, scientific name Olividae, are a taxonomic family of medium to large predatory sea snails with smooth, shiny, elongated oval-shaped shells.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Olividae. Accessed throu ...

, the olives.

Genera

The following

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are accepted within Olivinae: * ''

Felicioliva ''Felicioliva'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Olivinae of the family Olividae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Felicioliva Petuch & Berschauer, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Petuch & Berschauer, 2017 * ''

Oliva Oliva () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of La Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain. To its east lie of coastline and beaches fronting the Mediterranean Sea, and eight kilometres to the north is Gandia. The ''Passeig'' (promenade) run ...

'' Bruguière, 1789 * ''

Omogymna ''Omogymna'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Olividae Olive snails, also known as olive shells and olives, scientific name Olividae, are a taxonomic family of medium to large predatory sea snails with sm ...

'' Martens, 1897 * '' Recourtoliva'' Petuch & Berschauer, 2017 * ''

Vullietoliva ''Vullietoliva'' is a genus (biology), genus of sea snails in the family (biology), family Olividae, the olives. ''Vullietoliva'' was first separated from Oliva (gastropod), ''Oliva'' from in 2017 by Edward J. Petuch and David P. Berschauer. It ...

'' Petuch & Berschauer, 2017

References

Olividae Gastropods described in 1825 {{Olividae-stub