Testudovolva freemani

Testudovolva freemani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Testudovolva
Species:	T. freemani
Binomial name
Testudovolva freemani (Liltved & Millard, 1994)
Synonyms [1]
Prionovolva freemani(Liltved & Millard, 1994)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 4 mm and 8 mm. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Mozambique and South Africa

References

1. Prionovolva freemani (Liltved & Millard, 1994) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on WoRMS (2009). Testudovolva freemani Liltved & Millard, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432260 on 20 January 2011.
2. "Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods". Conchology.

• Liltved, W. R. & Millard, V. G. (1994). A new Trivia (Triviidae) and Prionovolva (Ovulidae) from southern Africa. World Shells. 11: 3-8
• Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). The Living Ovulidae – A manual of the families of Allied Cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany