Volva habei
| Volva habei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Subfamily: | Ovulinae |
| Genus: | Volva |
| Species: | V. habei |
| Binomial name | |
| Volva habei Oyama, 1961 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ovulum volva G.B. Sowerby, I, 1830 | |
Volva habei 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 the shell varies between 48 mm and 110 mm. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Taiwan and Japan.
References
- 1 2 Volva habei Oyama, 1961. WoRMS (2009). Volva habei Oyama, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431081 on 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Gastropods.com: Volva habei
- 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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