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Taxonomy
Family:
OXYNOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Sacoglossa (Superorder)
> Oxynooidea (Superfamily)
> Oxynoidae (Family)
> Oxynoe (Genus)
> viridis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Icarus Forbes, 1844
=Lophocercus Krohn, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Lophocercus viridis Pease, 1861
=Oxynoe delicatula G. & H. Nevill, 1869
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Taxonomy
Family:
OXYNOIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Sacoglossa (Superorder)
> Oxynooidea (Superfamily)
> Oxynoidae (Family)
> Oxynoe (Genus)
> viridis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Icarus Forbes, 1844
=Lophocercus Krohn, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Lophocercus viridis Pease, 1861
=Oxynoe delicatula G. & H. Nevill, 1869
Details: Oxynoe viridis (Pease, 1861)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 31mm
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific. Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and southern North Island, from 0-5m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.231)
  • Willan, R.C., Morton, J.E. 1984 Opisthobranchia, Marine Molluscs, University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, 2 (p.39)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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