''Aclyvolva coarctata'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Ovulidae Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the cowry allies. MolluscaBase eds. (20 ...

, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aclyvolva coarctata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1380384 on 2024-03-07

Description

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the central Indo-Pacific area like for example in

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, Japan,

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and New Caledonia. The holotype was found in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia.

References

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
coarctata Gastropods described in 1848 {{Ovulidae-stub