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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
OVULIDAE: OVULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Ovulidae (Family)
> Ovulinae (Subfamily)
> Kurodavolva (Genus)
> wakayamaensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Phenacovolva wakayamaensis Cates & Azuma, 1973
=Phenacovolva longirostrata of authors not G.B.Sowerby I
Images: Kurodavolva wakayamaensis Cates & Azuma, 1973
Dived in 180 feet, off Northland, NZ. 56mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
OVULIDAE: OVULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Ovulidae (Family)
> Ovulinae (Subfamily)
> Kurodavolva (Genus)
> wakayamaensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Phenacovolva wakayamaensis Cates & Azuma, 1973
=Phenacovolva longirostrata of authors not G.B.Sowerby I
Details: Kurodavolva wakayamaensis Cates & Azuma, 1973
Size/Grows to:
Length 62mm, Width 7.5mm
Distribution:
Northland to Poor Knights Islands. On gorgonian corals at 35-45 metres. Also Japan to Philippines and East Indies
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Lorenz, F., Fehse, D. 2009 Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae, The Living Ovulidae. A Manual of the Families of Allied Cowries, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.120)
  • Hart, M.R. Sep/1992 Phenacovolva longirostrata vs P.wakayamaensis Mistaken Identity?, Poirieria, 16(4) (p.17)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.152)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1976 On the considerable influx of warm water molluscs that have invaded northern New Zealand waters within recent years, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 13 (p.145)
  • Cate, C. 1973 A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae, The Veliger, 15 Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil