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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:
Wanganella Bank and off Poor Knights Islands. On gorgonian corals at 35-45 metres. Also Japan to Philippines and East Indies
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil