''Naviculavolva'' 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
Simniinae
Simniinae is a subfamily of molluscs in the Ovulidae family of gastropods.
Genera
Depending on authority, it contains between 7 and 12 genera (see genus list at Ovulidae).
* ''Contrasimnia'' Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
* ''Cymbovula'' C. N. Cate, 19 ...
of the
family Ovulidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Naviculavolva'' include:
* ''
Naviculavolva debelius''
Lorenz & Fehse, 2011
* ''
Naviculavolva deflexa
''Naviculavolva deflexa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine 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 ...
''
( G.B. Sowerby II, 1848)
* ''
Naviculavolva elegans''
Fehse, 2009
* ''
Naviculavolva kurziana''
(Cate, 1976)
* ''
Naviculavolva malaita
''Naviculavolva malaita'' 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, mari ...
''
(Cate, 1976)
* ''
Naviculavolva massierorum
''Naviculavolva massierorum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This cl ...
''
(Fehse, 1999)
References
* Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
* Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D., (2011) Three new species of Ovulidae from the Red Sea (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Conchylia 41(2): 10-23
* Dolin L. & Dockery III D.T. (2018). The Cypraeidae and Ovulidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) from the Cook Mountain Formation (Bartonian, Middle Eocene) of the Gulf coastal plain, southern United States: A province of unsuspected generic origins. Southeastern Geology. 53(1): 41-61.
Ovulidae
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