Pseudoliva
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| Pseudoliva Temporal range: Lower Paleocene-Holocene | |
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| Shell of Pseudoliva sepimentum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
| Family: | Pseudolividae |
| Genus: | Pseudoliva Swainson, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum plumbeum Dillwyn, 1817 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pseudoliva is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudolividae.[1]
Pseudoliva is the type genus of that family.
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]