''Callianax alectona'' is a

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in the

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Olividae Olive snails, also known as olive shells and olives, scientific name Olividae, are a taxonomic family of medium to large predatory sea snails with smooth, shiny, elongated oval-shaped shells.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Olividae. Accessed throu ...

, the olives.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Callianax alectona (Duclos, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424885 on 2021-11-04

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off

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References

* Chenu, 1844 - Parts 29-30. In Illustrations Conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes, p. Oliva pp 5-12 ; Pecten pl 49, 18, 19, 17, 27, 33, 47, 48 ; Spondylus pl 27, 30 ; Strombus pl 20, 27 * Powell II, C. L.; Vervaet, F.; Berschauer, D. (2020). A taxonomic review of California Holocene Callianax (Olivellidae:Gastropoda:Mollusca) based on shell characters. The Festivus. Supplement - special issue, 1-38.

External links

Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the west coast of North America. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. (1863) 33: 517-686

Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12

Oldroyd, T.S. (1921). Some varieties of western Olivellas. The Nautilus. 34(4): 117-119, pl. 5

Dall, W. H. (1910). New species of West American shells. The Nautilus. 23(11): 133-134
Olivellinae Gastropods described in 1835 {{Olividae-stub