Testudovolva nipponensis
| Testudovolva nipponensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Subfamily: | Prionovolvinae |
| Genus: | Testudovolva |
| Species: | T. nipponensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Testudovolva nipponensis (Pilsbry, 1913) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Testudovolva nipponensis 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 5 mm and 14 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and the Philippines.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Testudovolva nipponensis (Pilsbry, 1913). WoRMS (2009). Testudovolva nipponensis (Pilsbry, 1913). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430569 on 20 January 2011.
- Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1-117
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). The Living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of Allied Cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany