Olivancillaria orbignyi

Olivancillaria orbignyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Olivancillaria
Species: O. orbignyi
Binomial name
Olivancillaria orbignyi
(Marrat, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Agaronia orbignyi (Marrat, 1868)
  • Agaronia pallida auct. non Swainson, 1831
  • Agaronia testacea auct. non Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva orbignyi Marrat, 1868 (original combination)
  • Olivancillaria uretai Klappenbach, 1965

Olivancillaria orbignyi, common name Ureta's olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 24 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Argentina.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Olivancillaria orbignyi (Marrat, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573238 on 2012-11-17
  • Marrat, F. P. 1868. On Oliva auricularia, Lam., O. aquatilis, Reeve, and O. auricularia D'Orb.. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)2: 167-168.
  • Klappenbach M.A. (1965). Consideraciones sobre el genero Olivancillaria d'Orbigny 1840 (Moll.Gastr.) y descripcion de dos nuevas especies de aguas Argentinas y Uruguayas. Com.Zool.Mus.His.Nat.Montevideo 8(104
  • Teso V. & Pastorino G. (2011) A revision of the genus Olivancillaria (Mollusca: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 2889: 1–34. [


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