Aclyvolva lanceolata

Aclyvolva lanceolata
Aclyvolva lanceolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Aclyvolva
Species:	A. lanceolata
Binomial name
Aclyvolva lanceolata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Synonyms
Aclyvolva lamyi (F. A. Schilder, 1932) Aclyvolva nicolamassierae Fehse, 1999 Neosimnia lamyi Schilder, 1932 · Ovula rosea Rossiter, 1883 Ovulum lanceolatum G.B. Sowerby II, 1848

Aclyvolva lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 35 mm.

The aperture is narrow, except towards the anterior, where the outer lip is bent outward. The base of the shell is flat and the inner lip is edged with a reddish line.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the central Indo-Pacific area including areas such as India, Japan, New Guinea and New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.

References

• Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1–117.
• Fehse, D. (1999). Studies on Ovulidae and Triviidae of Mozambique and Réunion. La Conchiglia. 31 (292): 47-55, 63.
• Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks

External links

• Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Descriptions of some new species of Ovulum in the collection of H. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 16 ("1848"): 135-136
• Reijnen B.T. & Van der Meij S.E.T. (2019). Systematics of the subfamily Aclyvolvinae (Caenogastropoda: Ovulidae) based on molecular and morphometric analyses. Journal of Molluscan Studies
• "Aclyvolva lanceolata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 October 2011.

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