Procalpurnus semistriatus

Procalpurnus semistriatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Prionovolvinae
Genus:	Procalpurnus
Species:	P. semistriatus
Binomial name
	Procalpurnus semistriatus; (Pease, 1862)
Synonyms
	Amphiperas semistriata Pease, 1862; Calpurnus lacteus semistriatus Schilder, 1941; Ovula adamsi Weinkauff, 1881; Primovula concinna Schilder, 1932; Procalpurnus adamsii (Reeve, 1865);

Procalpurnus semistriatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.^[1]

Description

^ ^a ^b Procalpurnus semistriatus (Pease, 1862). WoRMS (2009). Procalpurnus semistriatus (Pease, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430517 on 5 June 2010 .

Pease W. H. (1863). Description of new species of marine shells from the Pacific Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1862): 240–243.
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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