Oxynoe benchijigua
| Oxynoe benchijigua | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia Informal group Opisthobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Oxynooidea |
| 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.
The specific name "benchijigua" means ???, compare with Benchijigua Express.
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
- ↑ (Spanish) Ortea J., Moro L. & Espinosa J. (1999). "Dos moluscos opistobranquios nuevos de las Islas Canarias". Avicennia 10-11: 151-156.
- ↑ Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.
External links
- photos
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182792 (note: incorrect parenthesis)
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