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Pseudolividae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Pseudolivoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Scientific name
  
Pseudolividae

Rank
  
Family

Similar
  
Strepsiduridae, Clavatulidae, Pseudomelatomidae, Amathinidae, Solariellidae

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

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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 :

  • Benthobia Dall, 1889
  • Fulmentum P. Fischer, 1884
  • Fusulculus Bouchet & Vermeij, 1998
  • Luizia DouvillĂ©, 1933
  • Macron H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Naudoliva Kilburn, 1989
  • Pseudoliva Swainson, 1840
  • Triumphis Gray, 1857
  • Zemira H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
    • Genera brought into synonymy
  • † Eburnopsis Tate, 1889 : synonym of Zemira H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Macroniscus Thiele, 1929: synonym of Macron H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Nux Barnard, 1960: synonym of Benthobia Dall, 1889
  • Sylvanocochlis Melvill, 1903: synonym of Fulmentum P. Fischer, 1884

    • References

    Pseudolividae Wikipedia
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