Phenacovolva recurva

Phenacovolva recurva
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. recurva
Binomial name
Phenacovolva recurva
(G.B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyphoma elongatum A. Adams, 1854
  • Ovulum recurvum A. Adams & Reeve, 1843
  • Phenacovolva diantha Cate, 1973
  • Phenacovolva kiiensis Azuma & Cate, 1971
  • Volva longirostrata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1829)

Phenacovolva recurva is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae.[1]

This species is found in the western Pacific from Japan to northern New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Phenacovolva recurva (G.B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431235 on 2010-05-19

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