Calyptoliva, KANTOR & BOUCHET, 2007

Kantor, Yu. I., Fedosov, A. E., Puillandre, N., Bonillo, C. & Bouchet, P., 2017, Returning to the roots: morphology, molecular phylogeny and classification of the Olivoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 180, pp. 493-541 : 529

GENUS CALYPTOLIVA KANTOR & BOUCHET, 2007 (1)

Type species: Calyptoliva bolis Kantor & Bouchet, 2007 ; OD.

Remarks: C. bbugeae Kantor et al., 2016 is the only sequenced species and forms a long branch and the sister group cannot be recognized in our analysis. However, the genus is confidently placed in Olividae and differs from all other representatives of the family by the absence of a channelled suture and, correspondingly, by the absence of the mantle filament. The suture is overlaid by a very narrow primary spire callus.