Species Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Radius brevirostris Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [259].

  Type data:

   Holotype UZM Sch. 259, Bataan, Manila Bay, Philippines.
• Ovulum speltum Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1849. Monograph of the genus Ovulum. 467-484, pls 99-101 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2. [480 [42], pl. 100, figs. 63-64].
• Ovulum sowerbyana Weinkauff, H.C. 1881. Die Gattungen Cypraea und Ovula. 81-231, pls 25-53 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 5. [202, pl. 51, figs. 10-11].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [125] (see reference for two additional synonyms)

 

Generic Combinations

• Phenacovolva (Turbovula) brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817). —
  Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [102]
• Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [203]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral, marine.

 

General References

Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [102]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [204]

Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [125, pls 174, A307, A308]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [203, pl. 24, fig 9]

 

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