Prionovolva brevis

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Prionovolva brevis
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P. brevis
Binomial name
Prionovolva brevis
(Sowerby, 1828)
Synonyms [1]
  • Amphiperas pudica A. Adams, 1855
  • Ovula bullata Gould, 1861
  • Ovula pudica A. Adams, 1854
  • Ovulum breve Sowerby, 1828
  • Ovulum fruticum Reeve, 1865
  • Ovulum nubeculatum Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848
  • Primovula fructicum(Reeve, 1865)
  • Primovula fruticum(Reeve, 1865)
  • Prionovolva castaneaCate, 1978
  • Prionovolva fruticum(Reeve, 1865)
  • Prionovolva niveaCate, 1974
  • Prionovolva nubeculata(Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
  • Prionovolva pudica(A. Adams, 1855)
  • Prionovolva pudica wilsonianaCate, 1973
  • Prionovolva wilsonianaCate, 1973
  • Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) fruticum(Reeve, 1865)

Prionovolva brevis 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

The shell size varies between 6 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and New South Wales, Australia and in the Indian Ocean along Somalia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Prionovolva brevis . WoRMS (2009). Prionovolva brevis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430582 on 20 January 2011 .