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
Taxonomy According to the Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod Families (2017), the superfamily Olivoidea has five families: Family Olividae Latreille, 1825 – Olivellidae is the subfamily Olivellinae in Olividae. Family Ancillariidae Swainson, 1840 Family Bellolividae Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre, Bonillo & Bouchet, 2017 Family Benthobiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Puillandre, Bonillo & Bouchet, 2017 Family Pseudolividae de Gregorio, 1880 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
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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