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Species List for Subfamily: Ovulinae
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Ovulidae (Family) > Ovulinae (Subfamily)
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  • Subfamily: Ovulinae

  • Kurodavolva wakayamaensis Cates & Azuma, 1973
    Length 62mm, Width 7.5mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Wanganella Bank and off Poor Knights Islands. On gorgonian corals at 35-45 metres. Also Japan to Philippines and East Indies
  • Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810
    Height 50mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    East Africa to Western Pacific, Kermadec Islands
  • Ovula ovum Linnaeus, 1758
    Length 120mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Red Sea to Indo-Pacific, Kermadec Islands
  • Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1854)
    Length 65mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Indo-Pacific, Kermadec Islands
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