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 | |
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Shell of Crenavolva aureola (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Ovulidae |
Genus: | Crenavolva |
Species: | C. aureola
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Binomial name | |
Crenavolva aureola (Fehse, 2002)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 5.9 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ 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