Ovula costellata

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Ovula costellata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Ovula
Species:
O. costellata
Binomial name
Ovula costellata
Lamarck, 1810
Synonyms [1]
  • Bulla imperialis Solander, 1786
  • Ovula angulosa Lamarck, 1822
  • Ovula columbaSchubert & Wagner, 1829
  • Ovula tortilisDeshayes, 1844

Ovula costellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. [1]

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Description

Commonly known as the Pink-Mouth Egg Shell, this relatively small snail attains a shell size of 50mm. [2]

Distribution

Ovula costellata has a tropical to sub-tropical distribution range, from East Africa to the Western Pacific and New Zealand's Kermadec islands. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810 . WoRMS (2009). Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431060 on 5 June 2010 .
  2. "NZ Mollusca - Ovula costellata". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  3. "NZ Mollusca - Ovula costellata". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  4. Brook, F. J. (1998). "The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, Southwest Pacific Ocean". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 28 (2): 185–233. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9517560 . ISSN   0303-6758.