Crenavolva aureola

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Crenavolva aureola
File:Crenavolva aureola (MNHN-IM-2000-21244).jpeg
Shell of Crenavolva aureola (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Crenavolva
Species:
C. aureola
Binomial name
Crenavolva aureola
(Fehse, 2002)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crenavolva chiapponii Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
  • Primovula aureola Fehse, 2002

Crenavolva aureola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Crenavolva aureola (Fehse, 2002). WoRMS (2009). Crenavolva aureola (Fehse, 2002). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430694 on 5 June 2010 .
  • Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D., 2009 The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae, p. 651 pp