Archivolva clava

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Archivolva clava
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Archivolva
Species:
A. clava
Binomial name
Archivolva clava
(Habe, 1991)

Archivolva clava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. [1]

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References

  1. Archivolva clava (Habe, 1991) . WoRMS (2009). Archivolva clava (Habe, 1991). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010 .