Aclyvolva lanceolata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Aclyvolva |
| Species: | A. lanceolata
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| Aclyvolva lanceolata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849)
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Aclyvolva lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 35 mm.[2]
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
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This marine species occurs in the central Indo-Pacific area including areas such as India, Japan, New Guinea[2] and New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Aclyvolva lanceolata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1848). WoRMS (2009). Aclyvolva lanceolata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431238 on 23 October 2011 .
- ^ a b "Aclyvolva lanceolata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Endemia.nc".
- 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
[edit]- 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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