Callianax alectona

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Callianax alectona
Olivella alectona (MNHN-IM-2000-1445).jpeg
Shell of Callianax alectona (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Callianax
Species:
C. alectona
Binomial name
Callianax alectona
(Duclos, 1835) [1]
Synonyms
  • Oliva alectonaDuclos, 1835 (original combination)
  • Oliva anazora var. porteriDall, 1910
  • Olivella alectona(Duclos, 1835)
  • Olivella baeticaCarpenter, 1864
  • Olivella boetica [sic] (misspelling due to incorrect reading of "æ" in italic font, resembling "œ" in Carpenter's paper. )
  • Olivella boetica mexicanaOldroyd, 1921

Callianax alectona is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. [2]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.

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