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Callianax alectona

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Callianax alectona
Shell of Callianax alectona (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 alectona Duclos, 1835 (original combination)
  • Oliva anazora var. porteri Dall, 1910
  • Olivella alectona (Duclos, 1835)
  • Olivella baetica Carpenter, 1864
  • Olivella boetica [sic] (misspelling due to incorrect reading of "æ" in italic font, resembling "œ" in Carpenter's paper. )
  • Olivella boetica mexicana Oldroyd, 1921

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

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.

References

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  • Chenu, 1844 - Parts 29-30. In Illustrations Conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes, p. Oliva pp 5-12 ; Pecten pl 49, 18, 19, 17, 27, 33, 47, 48 ; Spondylus pl 27, 30 ; Strombus pl 20, 27
  • Powell II, C. L.; Vervaet, F.; Berschauer, D. (2020). A taxonomic review of California Holocene Callianax (Olivellidae:Gastropoda:Mollusca) based on shell characters. The Festivus. Supplement - special issue, 1-38.
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