Volva longirostrata

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Volva longirostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Volva
Species: V. longirostrata
Binomial name
Volva longirostrata
(Cheeseman, 1886)

Volva longirostrata is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the cowry allies.

[edit] Distribution

This species is found in the western Pacific from Japan to northern New Zealand.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is moderately large, the body long, narrow and spindle-shaped, greatly produced at the extremities into long slender recurved siphonal canals. The inner and outer lips are smooth, the latter with a rounded callused edge.

The shell coloration is pale flesh-pink, labrum white, and the extremities reddish-brown along the dorsal surface, with small red areas overall.

The shell length is up to 62.5 mm, and the maximum width is 7.5 mm.

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