Callianax alectona

Callianax alectona is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.^[2]

Callianax alectona
Shell of Callianax alectona (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Callianax
Species:	C. alectona
Binomial name
Callianax alectona (Duclos, 1835)[1]
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

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.

References

1. 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.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. 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

• 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

• 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
• 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
• Oldroyd, T.S. (1921). Some varieties of western Olivellas. The Nautilus. 34(4): 117-119, pl. 5
• Dall, W. H. (1910). New species of West American shells. The Nautilus. 23(11): 133-134