Aclyvolva coarctata

Aclyvolva coarctata
Shell of Aclyvolva coarctata (holotype at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Aclyvolva
Species:	A. coarctata
Binomial name
Aclyvolva coarctata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1848)
Synonyms
Aclyvolva vulgaris X.-T. Ma, 1986 Hiata coarctata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) Hiata rugosa C. N. Cate & Azuma, 1973 (original combination) Hiatavolva coarctata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848) Hiatavolva rugosa (C. N. Cate & Azuma, 1973) Ovulum coarctatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1848 (original combination) Phenacovolva rugosa (C. N. Cate & Azuma, 1973) Primovula horimasarui M. Azuma & C. N. Cate, 1971

Aclyvolva coarctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the central Indo-Pacific area like for example in India, Japan, New Guinea and New Caledonia. The holotype was found in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia.

External links

• Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (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
• Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117
• Azuma, M.; Cate, C. N. (1971). Sixteen new species and one new genus of Japanese Ovulidae. Veliger. 13(3): 261–268.
• Reijnen B.T. & Van der Meij S.E.T. (2019). Systematics of the subfamily Aclyvolvinae (Caenogastropoda: Ovulidae) based on molecular and morphometric analyses. Journal of Molluscan Studies