Oxynoe benchijigua is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.
| Oxynoe benchijigua | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Oxynoidae |
| Genus: | Oxynoe |
| Species: | O. benchijigua
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxynoe benchijigua Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999[1]
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Distribution
editIt 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- ^ (in Spanish) Ortea J., Moro L. & Espinosa J. (1999). "Dos moluscos opistobranquios nuevos de las Islas Canarias". Avicennia 10-11: 151-156.
- ^ 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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