''Primovula formosa'' 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, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Primovula formosa (G. B. Sowerby II in Adams & Reeve, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1379348 on 2020-09-29

Distribution

This species is distributed in East Asia, spanning north from Japan, both sides of Taiwan Straits, Thailand and East Kalimantan. Usually habitat at bottom of sea, on species of order

Gorgonacea Alcyonacea, or soft corals, are an order of corals. In addition to the fleshy soft corals, the order Alcyonacea now contains all species previously known as "gorgonian corals", that produce a more or less hard skeleton, though quite different f ...

at depth of 15-18m.

References

* Fehse D. (2019). Contributions to the knowledge of the Ovulidae, XXVIII. On the identity of Ovulum formosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1848 and description of a new Cuspivolva. Conchylia. 50(1-4): 47-53.

External links

Adams, A.; Reeve, L. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls
Ovulidae Gastropods described in 1848 {{Ovulidae-stub