Cypraeovula volvens

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Cypraeovula volvens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cypraeovula
Species:
C. volvens
Binomial name
Cypraeovula volvens
Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004 [1] [2]

Cypraeovula volvens is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [3]

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Description

Shell spheroid and umbilicate, light and fragile, small (20–23 mm). Dorsum variably colored, clear pink to dark violet, with rather small brown spots laterally, decreasing in size. Flanks weakly pointed and sometimes provided with small protuberances. Labial edge orange-pink, rather thickened, with the anterior labial extremity weakly evident and the posterior labial one more developed. Base mostly clear, with margins colored and patterned as the dorsum; aperture curved and narrow. Labial dentition developed and coarse. Columellar dentition thinner, weakly evident, disappearing in the more callous specimens. Peristome smooth or with fine ribbing. Fossula rather thickened, shallow, with 3-4 well developed denticles in fully grown specimens. Soft parts generally translucent; head, mantle and foot cream-grey and weakly spotted with black. Mantle provided with numerous thread-like and semitransparent papillae.

Distribution

The holotype and paratypes were dredged in June 2003 on rocky bottoms by Philip J. Jooste off the eastern coast of South Africa, NE of Port Alfred, at a depth of about 88–100 m.

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<i>Talostolida teres</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Mauritia eglantina</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Naria miliaris</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Lyncina vitellus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Contradusta walkeri</i> Species of gastropod

Contradusta walkeri is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Cypraeovula fuscorubra</i> Species of gastropod

Cypraeovula fuscorubra is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Naria lamarckii</i> Species of gastropod

Naria lamarckii, common name the Lamarck's cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Naria turdus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Lyncina leucodon</i> Species of gastropod

Lyncina leucodon is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Macrocypraea cervus</i> Species of gastropod

Macrocypraea cervus, common name the Atlantic deer cowry, is a species of large sea snail, a very large cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Macrocypraea zebra</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Zonaria pyrum</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Cypraeovula</i> Genus of gastropods

Cypraeovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pustulariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Palmadusta humphreyii</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Lyncina sulcidentata</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Zoila thersites</i> Species of gastropod

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References

  1. Fazzini, P.; Bergonzoni, M. (2004). "A new species of the subgenus Crossia Shikama, 1974(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)". La Conchiglia. 310: 50–56.
  2. Fazzini & Bergonzoni. 2004. Conchiglia Volume: 36 Issue: 310 Pages: 50–56. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  3. Cypraeovula volvens Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004 . WoRMS (2009). Cypraeovula volvens Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388704 on 5 June 2010 .