Oxynoe benchijigua

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Oxynoe benchijigua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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.

Distribution[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Ortea J., Moro L. & Espinosa J. (1999). "Dos moluscos opistobranquios nuevos de las Islas Canarias". Avicennia 10-11: 151-156.
  2. ^ Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.

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