Olivancillaria vesica

Olivancillaria vesica
Olivancillaria vesica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Olivancillaria
Species: O. vesica
Binomial name
Olivancillaria vesica
(Gmelin, 1791)[1]

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

O. vesica can be found in the waters off Brazil and Argentina.[3]

References

  1. ^ Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Caroli a Linné Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, Editio decima tertia, aucta reformata. Leipzig: G. E. Deer. Tome 1, pars 6 (Vermes):3021-3910.. World Register of Marine Species, accessed 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ Olivancillaria vesica (Gmelin, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448171 on 28 April 2010.
  3. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 215.

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