Crenavolva aureola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Crenavolva aureola
Shell of Crenavolva aureola (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Crenavolva
Species:
C. aureola
Binomial name
Crenavolva aureola
(Fehse, 2002)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crenavolva chiapponii Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
  • Primovula aureola Fehse, 2002

Description

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The length of the shell attains 5.9 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  1. ^ a b Crenavolva aureola (Fehse, 2002). WoRMS (2009). Crenavolva aureola (Fehse, 2002). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430694 on 5 June 2010 .
  • Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D., 2009 The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae, p. 651 pp