Primovula formosa

Primovula formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Eocypraeinae
Genus:	Primovula
Species:	P. formosa
Binomial name
	Primovula formosa; (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms
	Cuspivolva formosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848); Delonovolva formosa (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848); Ovulum formosum Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848;

Primovula formosa is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.^[1]

Distribution[edit]

This species is distributed in East Asia, spanning north from Japan, both sides of Taiwan Straits, Thailand and East Kalimantan.^[2] Usually habitat at bottom of sea, on species of order Gorgonacea at depth of 15-18m^[2].

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Primovula formosa (G. B. Sowerby II in Adams & Reeve, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1379348 on 2020-09-29
^ ^a ^b "矛梭螺" [Cuspivolva formosa]. China Animal Scientific Database. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2009.

Fehse D. (2019). Contributions to the knowledge of the Ovulidae, XXVIII. On the identity of Ovulum formosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1848 and description of a new Cuspivolva. Conchylia. 50(1-4): 47-53.

External links[edit]

Adams, A.; Reeve, L. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls

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[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Primovula formosa (G. B. Sowerby II in Adams & Reeve, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1379348 on 2020-09-29

[id10745-2] "矛梭螺" [Cuspivolva formosa]. China Animal Scientific Database. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2009.

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