Olivancillaria carcellesi

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

Olivancillaria carcellesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Olivancillaria
Species:
O. carcellesi
Binomial name
Olivancillaria carcellesi
Klappenbach, 1965[1]
Synonyms

Olivancillaria buckuporum Thomé, 1966

Description

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

Distribution

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

References
  1. Klappenbach M.A. (1965). Consideraciones sobre el genero Olivancillaria d'Orbigny 1840 (Moll.Gastr.) y descripcion de dos nuevas especies de aguas Argentinas y Uruguayas. Com.Zool.Mus.His.Nat.Montevideo 8(104) .. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Olivancillaria carcellesi Klappenbach, 1965. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.
  • 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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