Testudovolva ericae
| Testudovolva ericae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Testudovolva |
| Species: | T. ericae
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| Binomial name | |
| Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani & Calo, 2002)[1]
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Testudovolva ericae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 6 mm and 14 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia and Queensland, Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ Cossignani & Calo. 2002. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale, 36 : 6–7. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ a b Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani & Calo, 2002). WoRMS (2010). Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani & Calo, 2002) . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536028 on 20 January 2011 .
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). The Living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of Allied Cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany
- Rosenberg, G. 2010. Description of a new species of Prionovolva (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ovulidae) from East Africa, with reassessment of the composition of the genus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 159: 39–66.
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External links
[edit]- "Prionovolva ericae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 January 2011.