Oxynoe olivacea
Oxynoe olivacea is a species of small green bubble snail or sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.
| Oxynoe olivacea | |
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| view from bottom to Oxynoe olivacea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Oxynoidae |
| Genus: | Oxynoe |
| Species: | O. olivacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxynoe olivacea Rafinesque, 1814 or 1819 | |
Despite a superficial resemblance, this is not a nudibranch, it is a sacoglossan, and like other Oxynoe species, it has a small, fragile, bubble-shaped shell.
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