Volva habei
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Volva |
| Species: | V. habei
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| Binomial name | |
| Volva habei Oyama, 1961
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Volva habei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
Description[edit]
The size of the shell varies between 48 mm and 110 mm.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off Taiwan and Japan.
References[edit]
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- ^ a b Volva habei Oyama, 1961. WoRMS (2009). Volva habei Oyama, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431081 on 5 June 2010 .
- ^ "Volva habei". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [