Species Aclyvolva coarctata (Sowerby, 1848)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ovulum coarctatum Sowerby 1848. II. In, Adams, A. (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher during the years 1843–1846. London : Reeve, Benham & Reeve. [87-88, fig. 197].
• Hiatavolva rugosa Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [87, text fig. 197].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, off Minabe, Kii Peninsula, Japan.

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.

Generic Combinations

• Aclyvolva rugosa (Cate, 1973). —
  Reijnen, B.T. & Van der Meij S.E.T. 2019. Systematics of the subfamily Aclyvolvinae (Caenogastropoda, Ovulidae) based on molecular and morphometric analyses. The Journal of Molluscan Studies 85: 336-347

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Queensland and eastern South Africa (Lorenz & Fehse, 2009). IMCRA regions of QLD not identified

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

On sea whips (see Lorenz & Fehse, 2009)

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. [135, pls 191, A362-A365]

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