Olivancillaria deshayesiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Olivancillaria
Species:
O. deshayesiana
Binomial name
Olivancillaria deshayesiana
(Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oliva deshayesiana Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857 (original combination)
  • Oliva ovata Marrat, 1871

Olivancillaria deshayesiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Uruguay to Brazil from Ilha Grande (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) to Necochea (Buenos Aires, Argentina). It has a spawning period from September to January.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Ducros de St. Germain (1857). Revue critique du Genre Oliva de Bruguiere.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Olivancillaria deshayesiana (Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Aquatic biology".
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • 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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