Olivancillaria urceus

Olivancillaria urceus
Olivancillaria urceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Olivancillaria
Species: O. urceus
Binomial name
Olivancillaria urceus
(Röding, 1798)[1]

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

O. urceus is endemic to the South American coastline, from Brazil to Uruguay.[3]

References

  1. ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia.. World Register of Marine Species, accessed 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ Olivancillaria urceus (Röding, 1798).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448169 on 28 April 2010.
  3. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 215.

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