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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)
> Phenacovolva (Genus)
> rosea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Turbovula C.N. Cate, 1973
Synonymised Names:
=Birostra rosea (A. Adams, 1855)
=Neosimnia lanceolata sensu J. Allan, 1956 not G. B. Sowerby II, 1849
=Ovula adamsii (Dunker, 1877)
=Ovula philippinarum sensu Tryon, 1885 not G. B. Sowerby II, 1848
=Ovulum roseum (A. Adams, 1855)
=Phenacovolva (Phenacovolva) rosea (A. Adams, 1855)
=Phenacovolva (Phenacovolva) rosea rosea (A. Adams, 1855)
=Phenacovolva birostris sensu Hart, 1994 (not Linnaeus, 1767)
=Volva adamsii Dunker, 1877
=Volva carpenteri Dunker, 1877
=Volva rosea A. Adams, 1855
=Volva sowerbyana sensu Allan, 1956 not Weinkauff, 1881
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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)
> Phenacovolva (Genus)
> rosea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Turbovula C.N. Cate, 1973
Synonymised Names:
=Birostra rosea (A. Adams, 1855)
=Neosimnia lanceolata sensu J. Allan, 1956 not G. B. Sowerby II, 1849
=Ovula adamsii (Dunker, 1877)
=Ovula philippinarum sensu Tryon, 1885 not G. B. Sowerby II, 1848
=Ovulum roseum (A. Adams, 1855)
=Phenacovolva (Phenacovolva) rosea (A. Adams, 1855)
=Phenacovolva (Phenacovolva) rosea rosea (A. Adams, 1855)
=Phenacovolva birostris sensu Hart, 1994 (not Linnaeus, 1767)
=Volva adamsii Dunker, 1877
=Volva carpenteri Dunker, 1877
=Volva rosea A. Adams, 1855
=Volva sowerbyana sensu Allan, 1956 not Weinkauff, 1881
Details: Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
Size/Grows to:
Length 65mm
Distribution:
Indo-Pacific, Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Fehse, D. 1999 On the status of Phenacovolva (Ph.) schmidi Fehse & Wiese 1993 (Gastropoda: Ovulidae), La Conchiglia, 31 (p.23)
  • Hart, M.R. 1994 Phenacovolva birostris Linnaeus, 1767.The second Ovulid found in northern NZ waters, World Shells, 8 (p.39)

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