Dentiovula dorsuosa
| Dentiovula dorsuosa | |
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| A live individual of Dentiovula dorsuosa, in situ on its prey species, in Metinaro, East Timor. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Subfamily: | Prionovolvinae |
| Genus: | Dentiovula |
| Species: | D. dorsuosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Dentiovula dorsuosa (Hinds, 1844) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ovulum dorsuosum Hinds, 1844 | |
Dentiovula dorsuosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
References
- 1 2 Dentiovula dorsuosa (Hinds, 1844). WoRMS (2009). Dentiovula dorsuosa (Hinds, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430767 on 5 June 2010.
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