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''Calcarovula'' is a
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sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
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family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Ovulidae.


Species

Species within the genus ''Calcarovula'' include: *'' Calcarovula arthritica'' Lorenz & Fehse, 2009 *''
Calcarovula gracillima ''Calcarovula gracillima'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, mar ...
'' ( E. A. Smith, 1901) *'' Calcarovula ildiko'' Lorenz, 2006 *''
Calcarovula longirostrata ''Calcarovula longirostrata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinit ...
'' ( Sowerby, 1828) *'' Calcarovula mikado'' (Kurohara & Habe, 1991) *'' Calcarovula piragua'' ( Dall, 1889) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Calcarovula virgo'' Azuma, 1974: synonym of ''Calcarovula longirostrata'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828)


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External links


Cate C.N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. The Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117
Ovulidae Gastropod genera {{Ovulidae-stub