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Ovulidae

Synonyms: Amphiperasidae; Amphiperatidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the cowry allies.
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Genus

Aclyvolva (4)
Adamantia (1)
Amonovula (1)
Archivolva (4)
Calcarovula (6)
Calpurnus (1)
Carpiscula (4)
Contrasimnia (3)
Crenavolva (22)
Cuspivolva (18)
Cymbovula (2)
Cyphoma (Flamingo tongue) (16)
Dentiovula (13)
Diminovula (20)
Dissona (3)
Globovula (2)
Habuprionovolva (5)
Hiatavolva (2)
Kurodaovula (1)
Kuroshiovolva (2)
Margovula (10)
Naviculavolva (6)
Neosimnia (4)
Ovula (7)
Pellasimnia (8)
Phenacovolva (Slender simnia) (25)
Primovula (Dwarf red ovula) (12)
Prionovolva (4)
Procalpurnus (2)
Prosimnia (6)
Pseudosimnia (Pear simnia) (17)
Quasisimnia (2)
Rotaovula (2)
Sandalia (3)
Serratovolva (3)
Simnia (32)
Simnialena (Seawhip simnia) (10)
Takasagovolva (2)
Testudovolva (7)
Volva (Egg spindle) (6)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0