Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Sacoglossa > Superfamily Oxynooidea > Family Oxynoidae

Oxynoe Rafinesque, 1814

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oxinoe*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Icarus*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Lophocercus*	Krohn, 1847	synonym

Children

Oxynoe benchijigua Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999
Oxynoe olivacea Rafinesque, 1814

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Definizioni di 36 nuovi generi di animali marini della Sicilia. [Definitions of 36 new genera of marine animals from Sicily.]. Specchio delle Scienze o Giornale Enciclopedico di Sicilia. Deposito letterario delle moderne cognizioni, scoperte ed osservazioni sopra le Scienze ed Arti. 2: 161-166.
additional source	Mörch, O. A. L. (1863). Revision des espèces du genre Oxynoe Rafinesque et Lobiger Krohn. Journal de Conchyliologie. 11: 43-49.
taxonomy source	Krug P.J., Berriman J.S. & Valdés Á. (2018). Phylogenetic systematics of the shelled sea slug genus Oxynoe Rafinesque, 1814 (Heterobranchia: Sacoglossa), with integrative descriptions of seven new species. Invertebrate Systematics. 32(4): 950-1003.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oxynoe Rafinesque, 1814. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138309