| Lunovula superstes | |
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| Shell of Lunovula superstes (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Lunovula |
| Species: | L. superstes |
| Binomial name | |
| Lunovula superstes (Dolin, 1991) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Lunovula superstes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies. [1]
The length of the shell attains 11.7 mm.
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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
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