Olivancillaria vesica

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

Olivancillaria vesica
Apertural view of a shell of Olivancillaria vesica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Olivancillaria
Species:
O. vesica
Binomial name
Olivancillaria vesica
(Gmelin, 1791)[1]

Distribution

O. vesica can be found in the waters off Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.[3]

References
  1. Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Caroli a Linné Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, Editio decima tertia, aucta reformata. Leipzig: G. E. Deer. Tome 1, pars 6 (Vermes):3021–3910.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Olivancillaria vesica (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 215.


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