Olivancillaria deshayesiana

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Olivancillaria deshayesiana
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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 deshayesianaDucros de Saint Germain, 1857 (original combination)
  • Oliva ovataMarrat, 1871

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

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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".