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.