Aclyvolva lanceolata

Species of gastropod

Aclyvolva lanceolata
Aclyvolva lanceolata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Aclyvolva
Species:
A. lanceolata
Binomial name
Aclyvolva lanceolata
Synonyms[1]
  • Aclyvolva lamyi (F. A. Schilder, 1932)
  • Aclyvolva nicolamassierae Fehse, 1999
  • Neosimnia lamyi Schilder, 1932 ·
  • Ovula rosea Rossiter, 1883
  • Ovulum lanceolatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1848

Aclyvolva lanceolata 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 an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 35 mm.[2]

The aperture is narrow, except towards the anterior, where the outer lip is bent out. The base of the shell is flat. The inner lip is edged with a reddish line.

Distribution

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the central Indo-Pacific area like for example in India, Japan, New Guinea[2] and New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b Aclyvolva lanceolata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1848). WoRMS (2009). Aclyvolva lanceolata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431238 on 23 October 2011 .
  2. ^ a b "Aclyvolva lanceolata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Endemia.nc".
  • Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1–117.
  • Fehse, D. (1999). Studies on Ovulidae and Triviidae of Mozambique and Réunion. La Conchiglia. 31 (292): 47-55, 63.
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
  • Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Descriptions of some new species of Ovulum in the collection of H. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 16 ("1848"): 135-136
  • Reijnen B.T. & Van der Meij S.E.T. (2019). Systematics of the subfamily Aclyvolvinae (Caenogastropoda: Ovulidae) based on molecular and morphometric analyses. Journal of Molluscan Studies
  • "Aclyvolva lanceolata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
Taxon identifiers
Aclyvolva lanceolata
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