Testudovolva nipponensis

Testudovolva nipponensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Prionovolvinae
Genus:	Testudovolva
Species:	T. nipponensis
Binomial name
	Testudovolva nipponensis; (Pilsbry, 1913)
Synonyms
	Ovula nipponensis Pilsbry, 1931; Prionovolva brevis Allan, 1956; Pseudosimnia kandai Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973;

Testudovolva nipponensis 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 5 mm and 14 mm

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and the Philippines.

^ ^a ^b Testudovolva nipponensis (Pilsbry, 1913). WoRMS (2009). Testudovolva nipponensis (Pilsbry, 1913). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430569 on 20 January 2011 .

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. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany

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