Pseudoliva

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Pseudoliva
Temporal range: Lower Paleocene-Holocene
Pseudoliva sepimentum (MNHN-IM-2000-1301).jpeg
Shell of Pseudoliva sepimentum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Pseudolividae
Genus: Pseudoliva
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Buccinum plumbeumDillwyn, 1817
Synonyms [1]
  • FulmentumP. Fischer, 1884
  • MarionaG. B. Sowerby III, 1890
  • Pseudoliva (Mariona)G. B. Sowerby III, 1890 ·
  • SylvanocochlisMelvill, 1903 (junior objective synonym of Mariona)

Pseudoliva is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudolividae. [1]

Contents

Pseudoliva is the type genus of that family.

Description

The ovate shell is solid and subglobose. The spire is very short. The suture is slightly channelled. The whorls are tumid round the upper part. The aperture is oval. The siphonal canal is very short. The inner lip is arcuated, with a callosity at the hind part. The outer lip is thin, furnished at the fore part with a small tooth or callosity. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Pseudoliva include: [1]

Synonyms

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