Biology:Oxynoe benchijigua

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Oxynoe benchijigua
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Oxynoidae
Genus: Oxynoe
Species:
O. benchijigua
Binomial name
Oxynoe benchijigua
Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999[1]

Oxynoe benchijigua is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.

Distribution

It is endemic to Canary Islands. It is known only from island La Gomera.

The type locality for this species is "Playa del Barranco de Avalos", La Gomera, Canary Islands.[2]

References

  1. (in Spanish) Ortea J., Moro L. & Espinosa J. (1999). "Dos moluscos opistobranquios nuevos de las Islas Canarias". Avicennia 10-11: 151-156.
  2. Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" . Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7116026 entry