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

Oxynoe olivacea Rafinesque, 1814

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oxynoe*	Rafinesque, 1814	accepted genus name
*Oxinoe*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Oxynoe benchijigua*	Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999	taxonomically included in
*Oxynoe olivacea*	Rafinesque, 1814	taxonomically included in
*Icarus*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Lophocercus*	Krohn, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Bulla gargottae*	Calcara, 1840	synonym
*Icarus gravesi*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Lophocercus sieboldii*	Krohn, 1847	synonym
*Oxynoe brachycephalus*	Mörch, 1863	synonym

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.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Ortea J. & Moro L. (2020). Descripción de una nueva especie de Oxynoe Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa) de las islas de Cabo Verde, con notas sobre otras especies macaronésicas del género. Avicennia. 26: 27-34.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oxynoe olivacea 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:140672