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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
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
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)

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