Primovula

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Primovula
Live individual of Primovula roseomaculata in situ, head end towards the upper right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Prionovolvinae
Genus: Primovula
Thiele, 1925[1]

Primovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae, the false cowries.

Species

Species within the genus Primovula include:

References

  1. Thiele (1925). Handb. Zool. 5(1): 88.
  2. WoRMS (2009). Primovula roseomaculata (Schepman, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430712 on 2010-05-24

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