Primovula roseomaculata

Primovula roseomaculata
A live individual of Primovula roseomaculata in situ, head end towards the upper right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Prionovolvinae
Genus: Primovula
Subgenus: Adamantia
Species: P. roseomaculata
Binomial name
Primovula roseomaculata
(Schepman, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphiperas rosemaculata Schepman, 1909
  • Primovula kurodai Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973
  • Primovula roseomaculata florida (Kuroda, 1958)
  • Primovula roseomaculata roseomaculata (Schepman, 1909)
  • Primovula sinomaris Cate, 1973
  • Pseudosimnia florida Kuroda, 1958

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

As is the case in most ovulids, in life, the mantle completely covers the shell almost all of the time.

References

  1. ↑ WoRMS (2009). Primovula roseomaculata (Schepman, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430712 on 2010-05-24


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