Family Olivellidae Troschel 1869 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae

Parent taxon: Olivoidea according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009

See also Bouchet et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Ancillariidae, Olividae

Subtaxa: Agaronia

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Mexico (2)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5), Panama (2), United States (2: California)

• Miocene of Colombia (2), Ecuador (2), France (2), India (6), Indonesia (5), Pakistan (4), Panama (15), Peru (2), Sri Lanka (2), Venezuela (2)

• Oligocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Mexico (5), Myanmar (2), United States (12: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Colombia (3), Peru (6), United States (113: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)

• Paleocene of Nigeria (1), United States (41: Alabama, Texas)

Total: 239 collections including 260 occurrences

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