Picoliva is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Plicolivinae of the family Volutidae.[1]
| Picoliva | |
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| Shell of Plicoliva ryalli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Picoliva Petuch, 1979 |
| Type species | |
| Oliva (Plicoliva) zelindae Petuch, 1979 | |
Species edit
Species within the genus Picoliva include:
- Picoliva ryalli Bouchet, 1989[2]
- Picoliva zelindae (Petuch, 1979)[3]
References edit
- ^ Picoliva Petuch, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Picoliva ryalli Bouchet, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Picoliva zelindae (Petuch, 1979). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
External links edit
- Petuch, E. J. (1979). New gastropods from the Abrolhos Archipelago and reef complex, Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92(3):510-526. 4: figs
- Bouchet P. (1990). Systematics of Plicoliva, with description of a new subfamily (Gastropoda: Volutoidea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 120(1-3): 1-10.