Olivoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute to medium-large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.[1][2]
Olivoidea | |
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Live Felicioliva kaleontina | |
A growth series of three shells of the lettered olive, in the family Olividae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Olivoidea Latreille, 1825 |
Genera | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Pseudolivoidea de Gregorio, 1880 |
According to the Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod Families (2017),[3] the superfamily Olivoidea has five families:[3][4]