Olivoidea is a

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of minute to medium-large

predatory Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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s in the order

Neogastropoda Neogastropoda is an order of sea snails, both freshwater and marine gastropod molluscs. Description The available fossil record of Neogastropoda is relatively complete, and supports a widely accepted evolutionary scenario of an Early Creta ...

.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

Taxonomy

According to the Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod Families (2017), the superfamily Olivoidea has five families: *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 smooth, shiny, elongated oval-shaped shells.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Olividae. Accessed throu ...

Latreille, 1825 –

Olivellidae 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.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). ...

is the subfamily Olivellinae in Olividae. *Family

Ancillariidae The Ancillariidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Olivoidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Ancillariidae Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies ...

Swainson, 1840 *Family

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 Neog ...

Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre, Bonillo & Bouchet, 2017 *Family

Benthobiidae The Benthobiidae 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 Neog ...

Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre, Bonillo & Bouchet, 2017 *Family

Pseudolividae Pseudolividae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Olivoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pseudolividae de Gregorio, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

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

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
Neogastropoda {{Caenogastropoda-stub