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Oxynoe delicatula is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.
| Oxynoe delicatula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Oxynoidae |
| Genus: | Oxynoe |
| Species: | O. delicatula
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxynoe delicatula | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oxynoe delicata Nevill, 1869[1] | |
Distribution
editThe type locality for this species is Sri Lanka.[2]
Description
editThe 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
editThis article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[3]
- ^ "Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at the Academy of Natural Sciences".
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
edit- Nevill. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., xxxviii, pt. 2, 67, pi. 13, f. 5.
- Angas. (1877) P. Z. S. p. 190. (As Lophocercus delicatulus.)