OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Ovulidae
Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Ovula volva
Birostra volva
Volva volva cumulata auct.
Bulla volva Linnaeus, 1758
Ovula textoria Roding, 1798
Ovula aspera Perry, 1811
Volva volva cumulata Iredale, 1931
Volva lemurica Schilder, 1941
Common Name
Elongated Egg Cowry p.132, pl.19, f.7 Allan, J. 1950.
Spindle Cowry p.118, pl.119 Wilson, B 2002.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.32
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Fiji
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.95
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Luzon: Quezon
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.95
Keywords
habitat: coral reef
References
Cate, C.N. 1973. p.109 [
] Synonomy
Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.180 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.207 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Ovulidae Fleming, 1828
Volva Röding, 1798
Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=38581) created by Jennifer Kolb on 2001-02-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-04-29.