Callianax alectona
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| image = Olivella alectona (MNHN-IM-2000-1445).jpeg
| image_caption = Shell of Callianax alectona (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
| genus = Callianax
| species = alectona
| authority = (Duclos, 1835){{WRMS source|135728|Duclos, P.L. (1840) Histoire Naturelle Génerale et Particuliere de Tous les Genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines a l’état Vivant et Fossile, Publiée par Monographies, Genre Columbella. Didot, Paris, 1 p., 13 pls.|28 April 2010}}
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| synonyms =
- Oliva alectona Duclos, 1835 (original combination)
- Oliva anazora var. porteri Dall, 1910
- Olivella alectona (Duclos, 1835)
- Olivella baetica Carpenter, 1864
- Olivella boetica [sic] (misspelling due to incorrect reading of "æ" in italic font, resembling "œ" in Carpenter's paper. )
- Olivella boetica mexicana Oldroyd, 1921
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Callianax alectona is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, 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
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.
References
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- 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
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651 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]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200561 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]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42815323 Oldroyd, T.S. (1921). Some varieties of western Olivellas. The Nautilus. 34(4): 117-119, pl. 5]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5314603 Dall, W. H. (1910). New species of West American shells. The Nautilus. 23(11): 133-134]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1835
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