• Cuspivolva Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [54] [given precedence over simultenously published Stohleroma and Delonovolva by First Revisers' choice by Lorenz & Fehse, 2009, The living Ovulidae: 78].

  Type species:

   Crenavolva (Cuspivolva) cuspis Cate, 1973 by original designation.
• Delonovolva Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [58] [simultenously published Cuspivolva given precedence over Delonovolva by First Revisers' choice by Lorenz & Fehse, 2009, The living Ovulidae: 78].

  Type species:

   Ovulum formosum Adams & Reeve, 1848 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Fehse, D. 2001. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ovulidae (Mollusca: Cypraeoidea). VIII. Einleitung zur Familie sowie Katalog, Taxonomie und Bibliographie zu verwandten Gruppen. Acta Conchyliorum 5: 3-51 [24]

Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [78]

History of changes

• Cuspivolva draperi Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [55, text fig. 116].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, off Nada, Kii Peninsula, Japan.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

15-100 m; on Euplexaura spp.

General References

Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [82, pls 96, A155]

History of changes

• Pellasimnia verconis Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 5. South Australian Naturalist 13(5): 127-176 [30 Sept. 1932] [46, pl. 1, fig. 15] [in part].
• Primovula (Primovula) heleneae Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D954, S end of St Vincent Gulf, South Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Cuspivolva heleneae (Cate, 1973). —
  Fehse, D. 2001. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ovulidae (Mollusca: Cypraeoidea). VIII. Einleitung zur Familie sowie Katalog, Taxonomie und Bibliographie zu verwandten Gruppen. Acta Conchyliorum 5: 3-51 [31]

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Gorgonian coral Euplexaura sp.; 8-25 m

General References

Fehse, D. 2001. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ovulidae (Mollusca: Cypraeoidea). VIII. Einleitung zur Familie sowie Katalog, Taxonomie und Bibliographie zu verwandten Gruppen. Acta Conchyliorum 5: 3-51 [31]

Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. & Holmes, N.J.C. 1989. Rediscovery of Primovula (P.) heleneae Cate and description of a new species of Crenavolva from South Australia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ovulidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 113: 205-21 [205]

Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [80, pl. 93]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [204, text fig.; pl. 24, figs 15 a,b]

History of changes

• Primovula (Primovula) howlandae Cate, C.N. 1974. Five new species of Ovulidae from the Westen Pacific. Veliger 16: 381-384 [381, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.92105 dry, on green gorgonian on muddy bottom, Broad Sound, Clairview, Queensland, Australia [22°10'58.8"S,149°34'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Cuspivolva howlandae (Cate, 1974). —
  Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [79-80, pls 92, A150]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Philippines

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud-silt.

Extra Ecological Information

To 25 m

General References

Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [79-80, pls 92, A150]

History of changes

• Cuspivolva ostheimerae Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [58, text fig. 122].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Yapen Island, Geelvink Bay, Irian Jaya.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

"Japan, Indonesia, Australia" (Lorenz & Fehse, 2009)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

18-29 m

General References

Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [80, pls 92, 93]

History of changes

• Ovula formosa Verco, J.C. 1935. Combing the Southern Seas. Adelaide : The Mail Newspapers 174 pp, 18 pls. [150, pl. 11, fig. 14].
• Primovula (Primovula) platysia Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.153755 dry, Cape Gloucester, Dingo Beach, Queensland, Australia [20°4'58.8"S,148°30'0"E].

Generic Combinations

• Cuspivolva platysia (Cate, 1973) [new combination]. —
  Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [84, pls 99, A159, A160]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Hong Kong

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, subtidal.

General References

Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [84, pls 99, A159, A160]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [205, text fig.; pl. 24, figs 14 a,b]

History of changes

• Cymbovula queenslandica Cate, C.N. 1974. Five new species of Ovulidae from the Westen Pacific. Veliger 16: 381-384 [382, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.92106 dry, Broad Sound, Clairview, Queensland, Australia [22°10'58.8"S,149°34'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Cuspivolva queenslandica (Cate, 1974) [new combination]. —
  Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [83]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

South Africa, India, Malaysia, Singapore

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Lives on Ellisella species

General References

Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [83, pls 98, A156-A158]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [200, text fig.]

History of changes