Olivoidea
| Olivoidea | |
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| A growth series of three shells of the lettered olive, in the family Olividae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea Latreille, 1825 |
| Families | |
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Olivoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of minute to medium-large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.[1]
Taxonomy
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the superfamily Olivoidea has two families:
- Family Olividae
- Family Olivellidae
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1-2).
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