''Hiatavolva'' is a
genus of
predatory 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 family
Ovulidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Hiatavolva'' include:
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Hiatavolva coarctata
''Hiatavolva coarctata'' 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, marin ...
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Hiatavolva depressa
''Hiatavolva depressa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc
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&nbs ...
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( Sowerby, 1889)
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Hiatavolva rugosa''
Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973[WoRMS (2009). ''Hiatavolva rugosa'' Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431243 on 2010-05-24]
References
Ovulidae
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