Phenacovolva rosea

Rosy spindle cowry
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Ovulinae
Genus: Phenacovolva
Species: P. rosea
Binomial name
Phenacovolva rosea
(A. Adams, 1854)
Synonyms[1]

Neosimnia lanceolata Allan, 1956
Ovula adamsii Dunker, 1885
Volva adamsi Dunker, 1877
Volva carpenteri Dunker, 1877
Volva rosea A. Adams, 1854
Volva sowerbyana Allan, 1956

Phenacovolva rosea, also known as the Rosy spindle cowry, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Shell

References

  1. 1 2 Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854). WoRMS (2009). Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431194 on 5 June 2010.


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