Prionovolva brevis

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
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphiperas pudica A. Adams, 1855
  • Ovula bullata Gould, A.A., 1861
  • Ovula pudica Adams, A., 1854
  • Ovulum breve G. B. Sowerby I, 1828
  • Ovulum fruticum Reeve, 1865
  • Ovulum nubeculatum G. B. Sowerby II 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 (G. B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
  • Prionovolva pudica (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Prionovolva pudica wilsoniana Cate, 1973
  • Prionovolva wilsoniana Cate, 1973
  • Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) fruticum (Reeve, 1865)

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

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.

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