''Cuspivolva'' is a
genus of
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 ...
s,
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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 ...
mollusks in the subfamily Eocypraeninae of the
family Ovulidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cuspivolva'' include:
*''
Cuspivolva allynsmithi''
(Cate, 1978)
*''
Cuspivolva bellica
''Cuspivolva bellica'' is a species of 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, ...
''
(Cate, 1973)
*''
Cuspivolva celzardi''
(Fehse, 2008)
*''
Cuspivolva cuspis''
(Cate, 1973)
*''
Cuspivolva draperi''
Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973
*''
Cuspivolva habui
''Cuspivolva habui'' is a species of 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, w ...
''
(Cate, 1973)
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Cuspivolva helenae
''Cuspivolva helenae'' is a species of 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, ...
''
(Cate, 1973)
*''
Cuspivolva mucronata
''Cuspivolva mucronata'' is a species of 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 slug ...
''
(Azuma & Cate, 1971)
*''
Cuspivolva ostheimerae''
(Cate, 1973)
*''
Cuspivolva paulwatsoni''
Fehse & Lorenz, 2013
*''
Cuspivolva platysia
''Cuspivolva platysia'' is a species of 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 ...
''
(Cate, 1973)
* ''
Cuspivolva pulcherrima''
Fehse, 2019
*''
Cuspivolva queenslandica
''Cuspivolva queenslandica'' is a species of 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 ...
''
(Cate, 1974)
* ''
Cuspivolva singaporica
''Cuspivolva'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eocypraeninae of the family (biology), family Ovulidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cuspivolva'' include:
*''Cuspivolva allynsmithi'' (Cat ...
''
Fehse & Koh, 2016
*''
Cuspivolva singularis''
(Cate, 1973)
*''
Cuspivolva tigris
''Cuspivolva tigris'', known commonly as the Tiger egg cowry, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Description
The adult size is about 1.5 cm length.
...
''
(Yamamoto, 1971)
;Species inquirenda:
*''Cuspivolva narinosa''
(Cate, 1973)
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Cuspivolva formosa''
( Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve
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, 1848):
synonym of ''
Primovula formosa''
(G. B. Sowerby II in Adams & Reeve, 1848)
References
* Fehse D. & Lorenz F. 2013. ''A new species in the genus Cuspivolva Cate, 1973 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ovulidae).'' Conchylia 43(1-4): 113-117
Ovulidae
Gastropod genera
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