Phenacovolva aurantia

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Phenacovolva aurantia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Phenacovolva
Species:
P. aurantia
Binomial name
Phenacovolva aurantia
(Sowerby, 1889)
Synonyms [1]
  • Delonovolva labroguttata(Schilder, 1969)
  • Dissona aurantium(Sowerby, 1889)
  • Ovulum aurantium Sowerby, 1889
  • Pellasimnia aurantiaCarlsson, 1969
  • Phenacovolva labroguttata Schilder, 1969

Phenacovolva aurantia 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. 1 2 Phenacovolva aurantia (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889) . WoRMS (2009). Phenacovolva aurantia (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431227 on 5 June 2010 .