Olivancillaria carcellesi

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

Olivancillaria carcellesi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Olivancillaria
Species:
O. carcellesi
Binomial name
Olivancillaria carcellesi
Klappenbach, 1965[1]
Synonyms

Olivancillaria buckuporum Thomé, 1966

Description

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The length of the shell varies from 25 mm to 55 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Argentina.

References

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  • Thome, J. W. 1966. Una nova Olivancillaria (Gastropoda, Olividae) nas Praias do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, São Paulo 19: 163–168.
  • Teso V. & Pastorino G. (2011) A revision of the genus Olivancillaria (Mollusca: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 2889: 1–34.
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