Aclyvolva lanceolata
Aclyvolva lanceolata | |
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Apertural view of Aclyvolva lanceolata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Ovulidae |
Subfamily: | Aclyvolvinae |
Genus: | Aclyvolva |
Species: | A. lanceolata |
Binomial name | |
Aclyvolva lanceolata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1848) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Aclyvolva lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 35 mm.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off in the central Indo-Pacific area like for example in India, Japan, New Guinea[2] and New Caledonia.[3]
References
- 1 2 Aclyvolva lanceolata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1848). WoRMS (2009). Aclyvolva lanceolata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431238 on 23 October 2011.
- 1 2 http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_8018.shtml
- ↑ http://www.endemia.nc/faune/fiche6621.html
- 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. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
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