Volva volva

Volva volva
Five views of a shell of Volva volva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Ovulinae
Genus: Volva
Species: V. volva
Binomial name
Volva volva
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]

Bulla volva Linnaeus, 1758
Ovula aspera Perry, 1811
Ovula textoria Röding, 1798
Volva lemurica Schilder, 1941
Volva volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

References

  1. 1 2 Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009). Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431078 on 5 June 2010.
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