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Cuspivolva celzardi

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Cuspivolva celzardi
Shell of Cuspivolva celzardi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Cuspivolva
Species:
C. celzardi
Binomial name
Cuspivolva celzardi
(Fehse, 2008)
Synonyms[1]

Primovula celzardi Fehse, 2008

Cuspivolva celzardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the East China Sea.

References

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  1. ^ a b Cuspivolva celzardi (Fehse, 2008). WoRMS (2009). Cuspivolva celzardi (Fehse, 2008). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010 .
  • Fehse, 2008. Contributions to the knowledge of the Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) XXI. A new species in the genus Primovula. Visaya 2(3): 64–67
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks