Family OVULIDAE Fleming, 1822

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Azuma, M. 1974. Systematic studies on the Recent Japanese family Ovulidae (Gastropoda) - I. On the genus Dentiovula Habe, 1961, with descriptions of two new species. Venus 33(2): 65-73

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [784-786]

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [250]

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

Cate, C.N. 1974. The Ovulidae: A key to the genera, and other pertinent notes (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Veliger 16(3): 307-313

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

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

Fehse, D. 2007. Contributions to the knowledge of the Ovulidae. XVI. The higher systematics. (Mollusca : Gastropoda). Spixiana (Munich) 30(1): 121-125

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

Reijnen, B.T., Hoeksema, B.W. & Gittenberger, E. 2010. Host specificity and phylogenetic relationships among Atlantic Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Contributions to Zoology 79(2): 69-78

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

Smith, S. 2010. Outstanding ovulids: the 9-species dive at South Solitary Island. Malacological Society of Australasia newsletter No. 138. pp. 4-5 [4]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [199]

Yamamoto, T. 1973. Molluscs symbiotic with coelenterates in Japan, with special reference to Ovulidae and allied forms. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 20: 567-581

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	21-Mar-2019	MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021	CYPRAEOIDEA	09-Aug-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		24-Jan-2012	MODIFIED