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Oxynoe delicatula

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Oxynoe delicatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Oxynoidae
Genus: Oxynoe
Species:
O. delicatula
Binomial name
Oxynoe delicatula
Synonyms

Oxynoe delicata Nevill, 1869[1]

Oxynoe delicatula is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.

Distribution

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The type locality for this species is Sri Lanka.[2]

Description

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The shell is ovate, involute, a little contracted and truncate behind, rounded in front, whitish and thin. The aperture is subcircular behind, ovate in front, elongated, dilated, margins approximating toward the posterior terminations. The inner lip is smooth and thin. The outer lip a little inflexed behind. The peristome is acute.[3]

The height of the shell is 6 mm. The width of the shell is 3.5 mm.[3]

References

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This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[3]

  1. ^ "Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at the Academy of Natural Sciences".
  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.
  3. ^ a b c Pilsbry H. A. (1895-1896). Manual of Conchology. Volume 16. Philinidae, Gastropteridae, Aglajidae, Aplysiidae, Oxynoeidae, Runcinidae, Umbraculidae, Pleurobranchidae. page 165, Frontispiece, figure 1, 2, 3.

Further reading

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  • Nevill. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., xxxviii, pt. 2, 67, pi. 13, f. 5.
  • Angas. (1877) P. Z. S. p. 190. (As Lophocercus delicatulus.)