Olivancillaria urceus
Appearance
Olivancillaria urceus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Olivancillaria |
Species: | O. urceus
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Binomial name | |
Olivancillaria urceus (Röding, 1798)[1]
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Olivancillaria urceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Distribution
[edit]O. urceus is endemic to the South American coastline, from Brazil to Uruguay.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Olivancillaria urceus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 215.