Biology:Cuspivolva celzardi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cuspivolva celzardi
Cuspivolva celzardi (MNHN-IM-2000-20792).jpeg
Shell of Cuspivolva celzardi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Cuspivolva
Species:
C. celzardi
Binomial name
Cuspivolva celzardi
(Fehse, 2008)
Synonyms[1]

Primovula celzardi Fehse, 2008

Cuspivolva celzardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the East China Sea.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cuspivolva celzardi (Fehse, 2008). WoRMS (2009). Cuspivolva celzardi (Fehse, 2008). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010 .
  • Fehse, 2008. Contributions to the knowledge of the Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) XXI. A new species in the genus Primovula. Visaya 2(3): 64–67
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks

Wikidata ☰ Q5196244 entry