Naviculavolva massierorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
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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: | Naviculavolva |
| Species: | N. massierorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Naviculavolva massierorum (Fehse, 1999)
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 7 mm and 19 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is distribute din the Indian Ocean along Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa.
References
edit- ^ a b Naviculavolva massierorum (Fehse, 1999). WoRMS (2009). Naviculavolva massierorum (Fehse, 1999). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431019 on 10 November 2010 .
- - Fehse D. (1999). Studies on Ovulidae and Triviidae of Mozambique and Réunion. La Conchiglia 31(292): 47–55, 63
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). The Living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of Allied Cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany
External links
edit- "Naviculavolva massierorum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 November 2010.