''Lunovula'' 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,
marine
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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
Pediculariinae
Pediculariinae is a subfamily (biology), subfamily of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae and the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the cowry allies. As of 2009 ...
of the
family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lunovula'' include:
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Lunovula boucheti
''Lunovula boucheti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains 16.6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Cale ...
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Lorenz, 2007
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Lunovula cancellata
''Lunovula cancellata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains .
Size: 3.9 - 9 mm
Locality: Solomons; Philippines; Réunion
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Lorenz, 2007
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Lunovula finleyi
''Lunovula finleyi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu Archipelago
The Tuamotu Archipelago ...
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Rosenberg, 1990
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Lunovula serrata
''Lunovula'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pediculariinae of the family (biology), family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lunovula'' includ ...
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Lorenz & Bouchet, 2018
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Lunovula superstes
''Lunovula superstes'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains 11.7 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Cal ...
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(Dolin, 1991)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Lunovula venusta''
Tsuchida & Kurozumi, 1999: synonym of ''Lunovula superstes''
(Dolin, 1991)
References
* Rosenberg, G. (1990). ''Lunovula, a new genus of the Ovulidae (Prosobranchia: Gastropoda)''. Venus. 49: 189-197
* Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) ''The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
Lunovula
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