''Oxynoe'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snails, bubble snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the family
Oxynoidae
Oxynoidae is a family of sea snails, bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Oxynooidea, an opisthobranch group.
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
The following three genera or four are included in the family Oxyno ...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Oxynoe Rafinesque, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138309 on 2011-04-12]
Species
Species within the genus ''Oxynoe'' include 8 valid species:
[Jensen K. R. (November 2007)]
"Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)"
. ''Bonner zoologische Beiträge
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'' 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.
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Oxynoe antillarum
''Oxynoe antillarum'' is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.
Distribution
The type locality for this species is Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.Jensen K. R. (Nove ...
'' Mörch, 1863
* ''
Oxynoe azuropunctata'' Jensen, 1980
* ''
Oxynoe benchijigua'' Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999
* ''
Oxynoe delicatula'' Nevill & Nevill, 1869
* ''
Oxynoe kabirensis'' Hamatani, 1980
* ''
Oxynoe olivacea
''Oxynoe olivacea'' is a species of small green bubble snail or sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.
Despite a superficial resemblance, this is not a nudibranch, it is a sacoglossan, and like other ''Oxynoe'' species, ...
'' Rafinesque, 1814 or 1819
* ''
Oxynoe panamensis'' Pilsbry & Olsson, 1943
* ''
Oxynoe viridis'' (Pease, 1861)
Invalid species named ''Oxynoe'' include:
* ''Oxynoe aguayoi'' Jaume, 1945
* ''Oxynoe brachycephalus'' Mörch, 1863
* ''Oxynoe glabra'' Couthouy, 1838 : synonym of ''
Marsenina glabra'' (Couthouy, 1838)
* ''Oxynoe hargravesi'' Adams, 1872
* ''Oxynoe natalensis'' Smith, 1903
References
Oxynoidae
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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