Olivoidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Olivoidea

| image = Oliva kaleontina.jpg

| image_caption = Live Felicioliva kaleontina

| image2 = Lettered olive 0015.jpg

| image2_caption = A growth series of three shells of the lettered olive, in the family Olividae

| authority = Latreille, 1825

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = Pseudolivoidea de Gregorio, 1880

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text

}}

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://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411805 on 2018-09-23{{cite journal

| author1=Bouchet, P. |author2=Rocroi, J.-P.

| year = 2005

| title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families

| journal = Malacologia

| volume = 47

| issue = 1–2

}}

Taxonomy

According to the Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod Families (2017),{{Cite journal|last1=Bouchet|first1=Philippe|last2=Rocroi|first2=Jean-Pierre|last3=Hausdorf|first3=Bernhard|last4=Kaim|first4=Andrzej|last5=Kano|first5=Yasunori|last6=Nützel|first6=Alexander|last7=Parkhaev|first7=Pavel|last8=Schrödl|first8=Michael|last9=Strong|first9=Ellen E.|date=2017|title=Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families|url=https://www.bioone.org/action/captchaChallenge?redirectUri=%2Fdoi%2F10.4002%2F040.061.0201|journal=Malacologia|language=en-US|volume=61|issue=1–2|pages=1–526|doi=10.4002/040.061.0201|s2cid=91051256 |issn=0076-2997}} the superfamily Olivoidea has five families:{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411805|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Olivoidea Latreille, 1825|website=www.marinespecies.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-09}}

;Synonyms:

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

File:Oliva_miniacea.jpg

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