Olivoidea

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 <small>Latreille, 1825</small> – Olivellidae is the subfamily Olivellinae in Olividae.
• Family Ancillariidae <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
• Family Bellolividae <small>Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre, Bonillo & Bouchet, 2017</small>
• Family Benthobiidae <small>Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre, Bonillo & Bouchet, 2017</small>
• Family Pseudolividae <small>de Gregorio, 1880</small>

• Family Dactylidae <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853</small>: synonym of Olivinae <small>Latreille, 1825</small>
• Subfamily Dipsaccinae <small>P. Fischer, 1884</small>: synonym of Ancillariidae <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
• Family Olivancillariidae <small>Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975</small>: synonym of Olivancillariinae <small>Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975</small>
• Family Olivellidae <small>Troschel, 1869</small>: synonym of Olivellinae <small>Troschel, 1869</small>
• Subfamily † Vanpalmeriinae <small>Adegoke, 1977</small>: synonym of Ancillariidae <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
• Family Zemiridae <small>Iredale, 1924</small>: synonym of Pseudolividae <small>de Gregorio, 1880</small>

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
• The Olivoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Scratchpad