Biology:Testudovolva ericae
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Testudovolva |
| Species: | T. ericae
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| Binomial name | |
| Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani & Calo, 2002)[1]
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Testudovolva ericae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[2]
Description
The shell size varies between 6 mm and 14 mm. After death, the shell appears to be a white or pale pink.[3]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Queensland, Australia.
Ecology
Testudovolva ericae primarily feeds on sessile prey[4], such as Dendronephthya (this version).[5]
References
- ↑ Cossignani & Calo. 2002. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale, 36 : 6–7. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani & Calo, 2002). WoRMS (2010). Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani & Calo, 2002) . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536028 on 20 January 2011 .
- ↑ Galli, Claudio. "WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species DataBase". https://www.conchology.be/?t=2204&CODsp=1640056162&Genus=Testudovolva&species=ericae&variety=.
- ↑ Gofas, Serge. "Testudovolva C. N. Cate, 1973". World Register of Marine Species. https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430489#attributes.
- ↑ "Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani and Calo, 2002)". Solitary Islands Underwater Research Group. https://www.surg.org.au/species/testudovolva-ericae-cossignani-and-calo-2002/.
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). The Living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of Allied Cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany
- Rosenberg, G. 2010. Description of a new species of Prionovolva (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ovulidae) from East Africa, with reassessment of the composition of the genus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 159: 39–66.
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External links
- "Prionovolva ericae" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_58614.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q6779992 entry
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