Prionovolva brevis

Prionovolva brevis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Prionovolvinae
Genus:	Prionovolva
Species:	P. brevis
Binomial name
Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
Amphiperas pudica A. Adams, 1855 Ovula bullata Gould, A.A., 1861 Ovula pudica Adams, A., 1854 Ovulum breve G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 Ovulum fruticum Reeve, 1865 Ovulum nubeculatum G. B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 Primovula fructicum (Reeve, 1865) Primovula fruticum (Reeve, 1865) Prionovolva castanea Cate, 1978 Prionovolva fruticum (Reeve, 1865) Prionovolva nivea Cate, 1974 Prionovolva nubeculata (G. B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) Prionovolva pudica (A. Adams, 1855) Prionovolva pudica wilsoniana Cate, 1973 Prionovolva wilsoniana Cate, 1973 Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) fruticum (Reeve, 1865)

Prionovolva brevis 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 6 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and New South Wales, Australia and in the Indian Ocean along Somalia.

References

1. Prionovolva brevis . WoRMS (2009). Prionovolva brevis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430582 on 20 January 2011.

• Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1-117.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Prionovolva brevis; accessed : 20 January 2011