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Pseudolividae

Pseudolividae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Olivoidea.

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, the olives.

Taxonomy

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

Genera

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the family Pseudolividae contains the following genera :

  • Luizia <small>Douvillé, 1933</small>
  • Macron <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853</small>: unassigned in the superfamily Buccinoidea
  • † Maralsenia <small>Pacaud, 2009</small>
  • Naudoliva <small>Kilburn, 1989</small>
  • † Popenoeum <small>Squires, 1989</small>
  • Pseudoliva <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
  • † Sulcobuccinum <small>d'Orbigny, 1850</small>
  • † Sulcoliva <small>Vermeij, 1998</small>
  • † Testallium <small>Vermeij & DeVries, 1997</small>
  • Triumphis <small>Gray, 1857</small> (now assigned to Pisaniidae)
  • Zemira <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853</small>
Genera brought into synonymy:
  • † Eburnopsis <small>Tate, 1889</small>: synonym of Zemira <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853</small>
  • Fulmentum <small>P. Fischer, 1884</small>: synonym of Pseudoliva <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
  • † Gastridium <small>Sowerby, 1846</small>: synonym of † Testallium <small>Vermeij & DeVries, 1997</small> (junior homonym)
  • Macroniscus Thiele, 1929: synonym of Macron <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853</small>
  • Mariona <small>G. B. Sowerby III, 1890</small>: synonym of Pseudoliva <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
  • Sylvanocochlis <small>Melvill, 1903</small>: synonym of Fulmentum <small>P. Fischer, 1884</small>

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