Species Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bulla ovum Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [725].

  Type data:

   Lectotype LS 327, "Ocean Asiatica" restricted to Rossel Island, E Papua New Guinea.
• Ovula cygnea Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [21].
• Ovula oviformis Lamarck, J.B. 1801. Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou, tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaus; présentant leurs caractères essentials et leur distribution, d'après la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; précéde du Discours d'ouverture de l'an VIII de la République. Paris : Déterville viii 432 pp. [72].
• Ovula alba Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls.
• Ovula pygmea Sowerby, G.B. 1828. On the Recent species of the genus Ovulum. Zoological Journal of London 4: 145-162 [226].
• Ovulum gallinaceum Reeve, L.A. 1860. Elements of conchology Vol 1. London : L. Reeve & Co. 36 pp. [36].
• Xanderovula figgisae Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 1454-70, just off the northern tip of North West Cape, Western Australia [21°50'S, 114°10'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Ovulum ovum (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville : arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London : printed by E.J. Stirling for G.B. Sowerby vii, 92 pp. + appendix of xxiv pp. + coloured plates. [259]
• Amphiperas ovum (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1854. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(IX-XV) pp. 257-484, pls 33-60. [pl. 281, fig. 1]
• Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [64]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, coral reef, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Mainly on Sarcophyton

 

General References

Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [64]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1968. The Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Triviidae of Fiji. Veliger 13(4): 353-374 [358]

Coleman, N. 2003. 2002 Sea shells catalogue of Indo-Pacific mollusca. Queensland, Australia : Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd pp.1-144. [87]

Coll, J. C., Tapiolas, L.M., Bowden, B.F., Webb, L. & Marsh, H. 1983. Transformation of soft coral (Coelenterata, Octocorallia) terpenes by Ovula ovum (Mollusca, Prosobranchia). Marine Biology, Berlin 74(1): 35-40

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [59]

Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [112, pls 148, 203, A236-A238]

Schiaparelli, S., M. Barucca, E. Olmo & M. Boyer 2005. Phylogenetic relationships within Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea) based on molecular data from the 16S rRNA gene. Marine Biology 147(2): 411-420 (included in analysis)

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [94]

Subba Rao, N.V. 2003. Indian Seashells (Part 1). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper (192): 1-416 [178]

Webb, L. & Coll, J.C. 1983. Ovula ovum and Sarcophyton sp.: a predator prey relationship with biosynthetic implications. Proceedings of the Australian Biochemical Society 15: 61

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [202, pl. 25, figs 1 a,b]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [131, pl. 21, fig. 9] (Egg Cowry)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CYPRAEOIDEA	05-Mar-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		24-Jan-2012	MODIFIED