Testudovolva ericae
| Testudovolva ericae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Subfamily: | Prionovolvinae |
| Genus: | Testudovolva |
| Species: | T. ericae |
| Binomial name | |
| Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani & Calo, 2002) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Prionovolva ericae Cossignani & Calo, 2002 | |
Testudovolva ericae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[2]
Description
The shell size varies between 6 mm and 14 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia and Queensland, Australia.
References
- ↑ Cossignani & Calo. 2002. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale, 36 : 6-7. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- 1 2 Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani & Calo, 2002) . WoRMS (2010). Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani & Calo, 2002) . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536028 on 20 January 2011.
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). The Living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of Allied Cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany
- Rosenberg, G. 2010. Description of a new species of Prionovolva (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ovulidae) from East Africa, with reassessment of the composition of the genus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 159: 39-66.
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