Pseudolividae is a

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of medium-sized

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s in the superfamily

Olivoidea Olivoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute to medium-large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.MolluscaBase (2018). Olivoidea Latreille, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pseudolividae de Gregorio, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23107 on 2022-02-21 The family name Pseudolividae is composed of the prefix "pseudo" and the word "Olividae" and thus means false olives. This refers to the fact that some of the species in this group, in particular a few of the ''Pseudoliva'' species, have shells that rather closely resemble those of the

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.

Taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Pseudolividae has no subfamilies.

Genera

According to the

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(WoRMS), the family Pseudolividae contains the following genera :WoRMS : Pseudolividae; accessed : 11 September 2010
/ref> * '' Luizia'' Douvillé, 1933 * '' Macron'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 * '' Naudoliva'' Kilburn, 1989 * † '' Popenoeum'' Squires, 1989 * '' Pseudoliva'' Swainson, 1840 * † '' Sulcobuccinum'' d'Orbigny, 1850 * † '' Sulcoliva'' Vermeij, 1998 * '' Triumphis'' Gray, 1857 * '' Zemira'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 ;Genera brought into synonymy: * † ''Eburnopsis'' Tate, 1889: synonym of ''Zemira'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 * '' Fulmentum'' P. Fischer, 1884: synonym of '' Pseudoliva'' Swainson, 1840 * ''Macroniscus'' Thiele, 1929: synonym of ''Macron'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 * ''Mariona'' G. B. Sowerby III, 1890: synonym of ''Pseudoliva'' Swainson, 1840 * ''Sylvanocochlis'' Melvill, 1903: synonym of ''Fulmentum'' P. Fischer, 1884

References

Vermeij G. (1998). ''Generic revision of the neogastropod family Pseudolividae''. The Nautilus 111(2): 53-84
* Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1–397. Olivoidea Gastropod families {{Pseudolividae-stub