Oxynoe
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Oxynoe is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of small sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...

s, bubble snails, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family Oxynoidae
Oxynoidae
Oxynoidae is a family of sea snails, bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Oxynooidea, an opisthobranch group.This family has no subfamilies.-Genera:The following three genera or four are included in the family Oxynoidae:...

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Species

Species within the genus Oxynoe include 8 valid species:
  • Oxynoe antillarum
    Oxynoe antillarum
    Oxynoe antillarum is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.-Distribution:The type locality for this species is Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.-Description:...

    Mörch, 1863
  • Oxynoe azuropunctata
    Oxynoe azuropunctata
    Oxynoe azuropunctata is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.-Distribution:Oxynoe azuropunctata is found in the Western Atlantic from the United States to Canada...

    Jensen, 1980
  • Oxynoe benchijigua
    Oxynoe benchijigua
    Oxynoe benchijigua is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.The specific name "benchijigua" means ???, compare with Benchijigua Express.-Distribution:...

    Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999
  • Oxynoe delicatula
    Oxynoe delicatula
    Oxynoe delicatula is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.-Description:...

    Nevill & Nevill, 1869
  • Oxynoe kabirensis
    Oxynoe kabirensis
    Oxynoe kabirensis is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.-Distribution:...

    Hamatani, 1980
  • Oxynoe olivacea
    Oxynoe olivacea
    Oxynoe olivacea is a species of small green bubble snail or sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.Despite a superficial resemblance, this is not a nudibranch, it is a sacoglossan, and like other Oxynoe species, it has a small, fragile, bubble-shaped shell.-Distribution:This...

    Rafinesque, 1814 or 1819
  • Oxynoe panamensis
    Oxynoe panamensis
    Oxynoe panamensis is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.-Distribution:Oxynoe panamensis is found in mangrove swamps along the Baja, California and Mexico coasts....

    Pilsbry & Olsson, 1943
  • Oxynoe viridis
    Oxynoe viridis
    Oxynoe viridis is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Egypt, Taiwan and Turkey....

    (Pease, 1861)


Invalid species named Oxynoe include:
  • Oxynoe aguayoi Jaume, 1945
  • Oxynoe brachycephalus Mörch, 1863
  • Oxynoe glabra Couthouy, 1838 : synonym of Marsenina glabra (Couthouy, 1838)
  • Oxynoe hargravesi Adams, 1872
  • Oxynoe natalensis Smith, 1903
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