Testudovolva ericae

Testudovolva ericae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[2]

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]
  • Prionovolva ericae Cossignani & Calo, 2002

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
  1. Cossignani & Calo. 2002. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale, 36 : 6–7. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  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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  • "Prionovolva ericae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 January 2011.


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