Olivancillaria orbignyi
| Olivancillaria orbignyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Olivancillaria |
| Species: | O. orbignyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Olivancillaria orbignyi (Marrat, 1868)
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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
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 24 mm and 35 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Argentina.
References
[edit]- ^ 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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