Oxynoe azuropunctata

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Oxynoe azuropunctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Oxynoidae
Genus: Oxynoe
Species:
O. azuropunctata
Binomial name
Oxynoe azuropunctata
Jensen, 1980[1]

Oxynoe azuropunctata is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.

Distribution[edit]

Oxynoe azuropunctata is found in the Western Atlantic from the United States to Canada.[2] The species was described from Florida Keys;[1] the type locality for this species is Florida.[3]

Description[edit]

Feeding habits[edit]

Food: Caulerpa paspaloides, Caulerpa cupressoides and Caulerpa sertularioides.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Jensen K. R. (1980). "Oxynoe azuropunctata, n. sp., a new sacoglossan from the Florida keys (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 46: 282-292. abstract.
  2. ^ "Oxynoe azuropunctata, blue-spot oxynoe".
  3. ^ Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.

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