Prionovolva

Prionovolva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Prionovolvinae
Genus:	Prionovolva Iredale, 1930^[1]
Type species
Ovulum breve G. B. Sowerby I, 1828
Synonyms^[2]
Labiovolva Cate, 1973

Prionovolva is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Prionovolva include:

Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)
Prionovolva choshiensis (Cate, 1973)^[3]
Prionovolva freemani Liltved & Millard, 1994
Prionovolva melonis Rosenberg, 2010^[4]

Synonymized species

Prionovolva aenigma Azuma & Cate, 1971 : synonym of Habuprionovolva aenigma (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Prionovolva aureomarginata Shikama, 1973 : synonym of Pseudosimnia pyrulina (A. Adams, 1854)
Prionovolva brevis sensu Allan, 1956 : synonym of Testudovolva nipponensis (Pilsbry, 1913)
Prionovolva castanea Cate, 1978^[5] : synonym of Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)
Prionovolva cavanaghi Schilder, 1941 : synonym of Globovula cavanaghi (Iredale, 1931)
Prionovolva ericae Cossignani & Calo, 2002^[6] : synonym of Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani & Calo, 2002)
Prionovolva fruticum (Reeve, 1865) : synonym of Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)
Prionovolva nebula Azuma & Cate, 1971 : synonym of Testudovolva nebula (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Prionovolva nivea Cate, 1974^[7] : synonym of Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)
Prionovolva nubeculata (G. B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) : synonym of Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)
Prionovolva pudica^[8] : synonym of Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)
Prionovolva pulchella (H. Adams, 1873) : synonym of Testudovolva pulchella H. Adams, 1874
Prionovolva wilsoniana Cate, 1973^[9] : synonym of Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)

References

^ Iredale T. (1930). Mem. Queensland Mus. 10: 85.
^ ^a ^b Prionovolva Iredale, 1930. WoRMS (2009). Prionovolva Iredale, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390991 on 20 January 2011.
^ Prionovolva choshiensis (Cate, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430585 on 6 June 2010.
^ 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.
^ Prionovolva castanea Cate, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430586 on 6 June 2010.
^ Prionovolva ericae Cossignani & Calo, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395701 on 6 June 2010.
^ Prionovolva nivea Cate, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430584 on 6 June 2010.
^ Prionovolva pudica . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437161 on 6 June 2010.
^ Prionovolva wilsoniana Cate, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430583 on 6 June 2010.