Prionovolva brevis

Prionovolva brevis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Prionovolva brevis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Ovulidae
Subfamily:
Prionovolvinae
Genus:
Prionovolva
Species:
P. brevis
Binomial name
Prionovolva brevis
(Sowerby, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphiperas pudica A. Adams, 1855
  • Ovula bullata Gould, 1861
  • Ovula pudica A. Adams, 1854
  • Ovulum breve Sowerby, 1828
  • Ovulum fruticum Reeve, 1865
  • Ovulum nubeculatum Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848
  • Primovula fructicum (Reeve, 1865)
  • Primovula fruticum (Reeve, 1865)
  • Prionovolva castanea Cate, 1978
  • Prionovolva fruticum (Reeve, 1865)
  • Prionovolva nivea Cate, 1974
  • Prionovolva nubeculata (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
  • Prionovolva pudica (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Prionovolva pudica wilsoniana Cate, 1973
  • Prionovolva wilsoniana Cate, 1973
  • Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) fruticum (Reeve, 1865)

Description

The shell size varies between 6 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and New South Wales, Australia and in the Indian Ocean along Somalia.

References
  1. Prionovolva brevis . WoRMS (2009). Prionovolva brevis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430582 on 20 January 2011 .
  • Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1–117.
  • "Prionovolva brevis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 January 2011.


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