Olivella (gastropod)

Olivella
Olivella floralia Duclos, 1844
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Subfamily: Olivellinae
Genus: Olivella
Swainson, 1831[1]
Synonyms
  • Dactylidia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • † Lamprodoma Swainson, 1840 junior subjective synonym
  • Oliva (Olivella) Swainson, 1831 (original rank)
  • Oliva (Olivina) d'Orbigny, 1841
  • Olivella (Anasser) Absalão & Pimenta, 2003
  • Olivella (Dactylidella) Woodring, 1928
  • Olivella (Dactylidia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • † Olivella (Lamprodoma) Swainson, 1840 junior subjective synonym
  • Olivella (Macgintiella) Olsson, 1956 ·
  • Olivella (Niteoliva) Olsson, 1956· accepted, alternate representation
  • Olivella (Olivella) Swainson, 1831 ·
  • Olivella (Olivina) d'Orbigny, 1841
  • Olivina d'Orbigny, 1841

Olivella, common name the dwarf olives, is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Olivellinae of the family Olividae, the olives. Olivella is the type genus of the family.[2]

  1. ^ Swainson W. J. (1831). Zool. Illust. (2)2(13): plate 58.
  2. ^ WoRMS (2010). Olivella Swainson, 1831. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138274 on 2011-01-02