Species Phenacovolva philippinarum (Sowerby, 1848)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ovulum philippinarum Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1849. Descriptions of some new species of Ovulum in the collection of H. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 16: 135-136 [136].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, not recorded.

 

Generic Combinations

• Phenacovolva philippinarum (Sowerby, 1848). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [203]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Japan, Philippines, Indonesia and Cook Islands

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), 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), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Lives on Annella, Antipathes & Melithaea octocorals.

 

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. [128, pl. 180]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [203, pl. 24, figs 3 a,b]

 

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