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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)
> Ovula (Genus)
> costellata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphiperas Herrmannsen, 1846
=Ovulum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828
=Parlicium Schilder, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Bulla imperialis Solander, 1786
=Ovula angulosa Lamarck, 1822
=Ovula columba Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829
=Ovula tortilis Deshayes, 1844
Images: Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810
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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)
> Ovula (Genus)
> costellata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphiperas Herrmannsen, 1846
=Ovulum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828
=Parlicium Schilder, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Bulla imperialis Solander, 1786
=Ovula angulosa Lamarck, 1822
=Ovula columba Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829
=Ovula tortilis Deshayes, 1844
Details: Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810
Size/Grows to:
Height 50mm
Distribution:
East Africa to Western Pacific, Kermadec Islands, from 15-25m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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