Cowries False – Ovulidae

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae

 Major Genera

  • Genus: Calpurnus
  • Genus: Cyphoma
  • Genus: Ovula
  • Genus: Primovula
  • Genus: Simnia
  • Genus: Volva

 

 

Rosy Spindle Cowrie (Phenacovolva rosea

Di kenal juga dengan Allied Cowries.

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Length – 4cm
Depth – 5-30m

Verruca Cowrie (Calpurnus verrucosus)

Di kenal juga dengan Allied Cowries, False Cowries, Umbilical Cowrie, Umbilical Egg Shell, Warty Egg Cowrie, Warty Egg Shell, Warted Egg Cowries, Little Egg Cowrie and Soft Coral Snail.

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Often found in shallow waters where they feed on soft corals.
They feed mainly on leather corals (Sarcophyton) and manage to blend in with their host!
Length -3.5cm
Depth – 1-50m

Egg Cowrie (Ovula ovum)

Di kenal juga dengan Allied Cowries, False Cowrie, False Egg Cowrie, Velvet Cowrie, Velvet Egg Cowrie, Common Egg Ovula, Common Cowrie and Common Egg Cowrie.

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Length -7.5cm
Depth – 1-20m

OVULIDAE

Subfamily : OVULIDAE OVULINAE
TN_Ovula_angulosa_figSpec.jpgOvula costellata TN_Ovula_ishibashii_2.jpgOvula ishibashii TN_Ovula_ovum.jpgOvula ovum TN_Volva_cumulata.jpgVolva cumulata TN_Volva_habei.jpgVolva habei
TN_Volva_kilburni_1.jpgVolva kilburni TN_Volva_volva_hosoyai_1.jpgVolva striata TN_Volva_volva.jpgVolva volva TN_Phenacovolva_subreflexa_1.jpgPellasimnia angasi TN_Pellasimnia_annabelae_holotype.jpgPellasimnia annabelae
TN_Hiatavolva_brunneiterma_1.jpgPellasimnia brunneiterma TN_Pellasimnia_cleaveri_3.jpgPellasimnia cleaveri TN_Pellasimnia_kashiwajimaensis.jpgPellasimnia hochmuthi TN_Pellasimnia_improcera_9.jpgPellasimnia improcera TN_Pellasimnia_maccoyi.jpgPellasimnia maccoyi
TN_Calcarovula_arthritica_holotype.jpgCalcarovula arthritica TN_Phenacovolva_clara.jpgCalcarovula gracillima TN_Phenacovolva_ildiko_1.jpgCalcarovula ildiko TN_Ovulum_longirostratum_holotype.jpgCalcarovula longirostrata TN_Calcarovula_mikado.jpgCalcarovula mikado
TN_Phenacovolva_piragua.jpgCalcarovula piragua TN_Kurodavolva_wakayamaensis_3.jpgKurodaovula wakayamaensis TN_Phenacovolva_gigantea_1.jpgTakasagovolva gigantea TN_Phenacovolva_honkakujiana.jpgTakasagovolva honkakujiana TN_Phenacovolva_aurantia_1.jpgPhenacovolva aurantia
TN_Phenacovolva_barbieri_holotype.jpgPhenacovolva barbieri TN_Phenacovolva_insculpta_1.jpgPhenacovolva brevirostris TN_Phenacovolva_brevirostris.jpgPhenacovolva clenchi TN_Phenacovolva_dancei_2.jpgPhenacovolva dancei TN_Phenacovolva_fusula.jpgPhenacovolva fusula
TN_Phenacovolva_gracilis_gracilis.jpgPhenacovolva gracilis TN_Phenacovolva_insculpta.jpgPhenacovolva insculpta TN_Phenacovolva_lahainaensis_1.jpgPhenacovolva lahainaensis TN_Phenacovolva_lenorea_2.jpgPhenacovolva lenoreae TN_Phenacovolva_morrisoni_holotype.jpgPhenacovolva morrisoni
TN_Phenacovolva_tokioi_holotype_1190.jpgPhenacovolva nectarea TN_Phenacovolva_parvita.jpgPhenacovolva parvita TN_Phenacovolva_philippinarum_5.jpgPhenacovolva philippinarum TN_Phenacovolva_poppei_2.jpgPhenacovolva poppei TN_Phenacovolva_weaveri_pseudogracilis_2.jpgPhenacovolva pseudogracilis
TN_Phenacovolva_recurva_5.jpgPhenacovolva recurva TN_Phenacovolva_rehderi_3.jpgPhenacovolva rehderi TN_Phenacovolva_rosea.jpgPhenacovolva rosea TN_Phenacovolva_schmidi_2.jpgPhenacovolva schmidi TN_Phenacovolva_gracilis_3.jpgPhenacovolva subreflexa
TN_Phenacovolva_tayloriana_3.jpgPhenacovolva tayloriana TN_Phenacovolva_zuidafrikana_3.jpgPhenacovolva zuidafrikaana
Subfamily : OVULIDAE EOCYPRAEINAE
TN_Calpurnus_verrucosus.jpgCalpurnus verrucosus TN_Calpurnus_lacteus_1.jpgProcalpurnus lacteus TN_Calpurnus_semistriatus.jpgProcalpurnus semistriatus TN_Globovula_cavanaghi_1.jpgGlobovula cavanaghi TN_Inflatovula_sinensis_2.jpgGlobovula sphaera
TN_Prionovolva_bulla_3.jpgTestudovolva bulla TN_Prionovolva_bulla.jpgTestudovolva intricata TN_Prionovolva_pulchella_1.jpgTestudovolva nebula TN_Testudovolva_nipponensis.jpgTestudovolva nipponensis TN_Testudovolva_intricata.jpgTestudovolva orientis
TN_Testudovula_pulchella.jpgTestudovolva pulchella TN_Habuprionovolva_basilica.jpgHabuprionovolva aenigma TN_Galeravolva_basilia_holotype_1829.jpgHabuprionovolva basilia TN_Habuprionovolva_hervieri_1.jpgHabuprionovolva hervieri TN_Habruprionovolva_umbilicata_3.jpgHabuprionovolva umbilicata
TN_Prionovolva_brevis_2.jpgPrionovolva brevis TN_Prionovolva_castanea_holotype_1789.jpgPrionovolva castanea TN_Prionovolva_chosiensis.jpgPrionovolva choshiensis TN_Prionovola_ericae.jpgPrionovolva ericae TN_Primovula_nivea_1.jpgPrionovolva nivea
TN_Prionovolva_wilsoniana_5.jpgPrionovolva wilsoniana TN_Pseudosimnia_nielseni.jpgDiminovula alabaster TN_Diminovula_aurantiomacula_3.jpgDiminovula aurantiomacula TN_Diminovula_caledonica.jpgDiminovula caledonica TN_Primovula_concinna_1.jpgDiminovula concinna
TN_Pseudosimnia_whitworthi_2.jpgDiminovula coroniola TN_Ovula_culmen.jpgDiminovula culmen TN_Diminovula_dautzenbergi_2.jpgDiminovula dautzenbergi TN_Primovula_concinna_2.jpgDiminovula fainzilberi TN_Pseudosimnia_incis.jpgDiminovula incisa
TN_Margovula_kosugei.jpgDiminovula kosugei TN_Globovula_margarita.jpgDiminovula margarita TN_Pseudosimnia_alabaster_mozambiequensis.jpgDiminovula mozambiquensis TN_Diminovula_nielseni.jpgDiminovula nielseni TN_Diminovula_perilla.jpgDiminovula perilla
TN_Ovula_punctata_syntype.jpgDiminovula punctata TN_Diminovula_rosadoi_holotype.jpgDiminovula rosadoi TN_Diminovula_sandrae_holotype.jpgDiminovula sandrae TN_Inflatovula_stigma_holotype_1831.jpgDiminovula stigma TN_Pseudosimnia_whitworthi_1.jpgDiminovula whitworthi
TN_Sandalia_bridgesi_holotype.jpgSandalia bridgesi TN_Aperiovula_takaeopsis_holotype_1833.jpgSandalia meyeriana TN_Aperiovula_pontia_holotype_1701.jpgSandalia triticea TN_Archivolva_alexbrownii.jpgArchivolva alexbrownii TN_Dentiovula_clava.jpgArchivolva clava
TN_Archivolva_kahlbrocki_holotype.jpgArchivolva kahlbrocki TN_Dentiovula_lissenungensis_holotype.jpgArchivolva lissenungensis TN_Carpsicula_bullata.jpgCarpiscula bullata TN_Primovula_galearis.jpgCarpiscula galearis TN_Carpiscula_procera_1.jpgCarpiscula procera
TN_Carpiscula_virginiae_1.jpgCarpiscula virginiae TN_Prosimnia_boshuensis_3.jpgProsimnia boshuensis TN_Prosimnia_draconis_2.jpgProsimnia draconis TN_Prosimnia_hepcae_holotype.jpgProsimnia hepcae TN_Prosimnia_korkosi.jpgProsimnia korkosi
TN_Prosimnia_piriei_4.jpgProsimnia piriei TN_Prosimnia_semperi_3.jpgProsimnia semperi TN_Phenacovolva_dondani_2.jpgSerratovolva dondani TN_Serratovolva_luteocincta_holotype.jpgSerratovolva luteocincta TN_Serratovolva_minabeensis_2.jpgSerratovolva minabeensis
TN_Rotaovula_hirohitoi_3.jpgRotaovula hirohitoi TN_Dentiovula_septemmacula_4.jpgRotaovula septemmacula TN_Crenavolva_aureaola_1.jpgCrenavolva aureola TN_Crenavolva_conspicua_holotype_1705.jpgCrenavolva conspicua TN_Crenavolva_trailii_5.jpgCrenavolva cruenta
TN_Primovula_frumentum.jpgCrenavolva frumentum TN_Crenavolva_grovesi_4.jpgCrenavolva grovesi TN_Crenavolva_guidoi_2.jpgCrenavolva guidoi TN_Crenavolva_janae_holotype.jpgCrenavolva janae TN_Crenavolva_guidoi_3.jpgCrenavolva leopardus
TN_Crenavolva_martini_1.jpgCrenavolva martini TN_Crenavolva_matsumiyai_4.jpgCrenavolva matsumiyai TN_Crenavolva_mucronata_3.jpgCrenavolva philippei TN_Crenavolva_striatula_marmorata.jpgCrenavolva striatula marmorata TN_Crenavolva_leopardus_4.jpgCrenavolva striatula tinctura
TN_Primovula_striatula_4.jpgCrenavolva striatula striatula TN_Crenavolva_tokuoi_3.jpgCrenavolva tokuoi TN_Primovula_striatula.jpgCrenavolva traillii TN_Crenavolva_verconis.jpgCrenavolva verconis TN_Crenavolva_virgo_2.jpgCrenavolva virgo
TN_Crenavolva_vitrea_1.jpgCrenavolva vitrea TN_Diminovula_incisa_1.jpgPrimovula astra TN_Primovula_beckeri_3.jpgPrimovula beckeri TN_Adamantia_fulguris.jpgPrimovula fulguris TN_Primovula_panthera_1.jpgPrimovula panthera
TN_Primovula_roseomaculata_2.jpgPrimovula roseomaculata TN_Primovula_roseomaculata_florida_2.jpgPrimovula roseomaculata florida (var.) TN_Pseudosimnia_filia.jpgPrimovula rosewateri TN_Primovula_santacarolinensis_1.jpgPrimovula santacarolinensis TN_Primovula_tadashigei_1.jpgPrimovula tadashigei
TN_Pseudosimnia_perilla.jpgPrimovula tropica TN_Primovula_uvula_holotype_1790.jpgPrimovula uvula TN_Aperiovula_allynsmithi_holotype_1834.jpgCuspivolva allynsmithi TN_Crenavolva_baltea_paratypes.jpgCuspivolva baltea TN_Primovula_bellica_holotype_1189.jpgCuspivolva bellica
TN_Primovula_celzardi_holotype.jpgCuspivolva celzardi TN_Cuspivolva_cuspis.jpgCuspivolva cuspis TN_Cuspivolva_draperi_1.jpgCuspivolva draperi TN_Crenavolva_mucronata.jpgCuspivolva formosa TN_Primovula_habui_2.jpgCuspivolva habui
TN_Cuspivolva_helenae_3.jpgCuspivolva heleneae TN_Cuspivolva_howlandae_2.jpgCuspivolva howlandae TN_Cuspivolva_mucronata.jpgCuspivolva mucronata TN_Cuspivolva_ostheimerae.jpgCuspivolva ostheimerae TN_Cuspivolva_paulwatsoni_paratype.jpgCuspivolva paulwatsoni
TN_Cuspivolva_platysia_1.jpgCuspivolva platysia TN_Cymbovula_queenslandica_paratypes.jpgCuspivolva queenslandica TN_Crenavolva_rostella_1.jpgCuspivolva singularis TN_Stohleroma_stohleri_holotype_1188.jpgCuspivolva stohleri TN_Cuspivolva_tigris_4.jpgCuspivolva tigris
TN_Crenavolva_azumai.jpgDentiovula azumai TN_Dentiovula_cardini_holotype_1832.jpgDentiovula cardini TN_Dentiovula_colobica_2.jpgDentiovula colobica TN_Dentiovula_deforgesi_holotype.jpgDentiovula deforgesi TN_Dentiovula_diadema_holotype_1835.jpgDentiovula diadema
TN_Dentovula_dorsuosa_5.jpgDentiovula dorsuosa TN_Dentiovula_eizoi_2.jpgDentiovula eizoi TN_Dentiovula_horai_4.jpgDentiovula horai TN_Dentiovula_lorenzi_1.jpgDentiovula lorenzi TN_Dentiovula_mariae.jpgDentiovula mariae
TN_Dentiovula_masaoi_4.jpgDentiovula masaoi TN_Primovula_oryza_holotype.jpgDentiovula oryza TN_Dentovula_parvita_2.jpgDentiovula parvita TN_Primovula_rutherfordiana_1.jpgDentiovula rutherfordiana TN_Dentiovula_saturnalia_1.jpgDentiovula saturnalia
TN_Margovula_anulata_2.jpgMargovula anulata TN_Margovula_bimaculata.jpgMargovula bimaculata TN_Margovula_schilderorum_2.jpgMargovula crawfordcatei TN_Margovula_lacrima.jpgMargovula lacrima TN_Pseudosimnia_marginata_2.jpgMargovula marginata
TN_Margovula_tinctilis_1.jpgMargovula pyriformis TN_Diminovula_stigma.jpgMargovula somaliensis TN_Margovula_bimaculata_3.jpgMargovula tinctilis TN_Pseudosimia_anulata.jpgMargovula translineata
Subfamily : OVULIDAE ACLYVOLVINAE
TN_Neosimnia_lamyi_holotype.jpgAclyvolva lamyi TN_Ovulum_lanceolatum_lectotype.jpgAclyvolva lanceolata TN_Aclyvolva_nicolamassierae.jpgAclyvolva nicolamassierae TN_Ovulum_coarctatum_holotype.jpgHiatavolva coarctata TN_Hiatovolva_depressa_3.jpgHiatavolva depressa
TN_Hiata_rugosa_2.jpgHiatavolva rugosa TN_Kuroshiovolva_lacanientae_holotype.jpgKuroshiovolva lacanientae TN_Kuroshiovolva_shingoi_3.jpgKuroshiovolva shingoi
Subfamily : OVULIDAE PRIONOVOLVINAE
TN_Aperiovula_emersoni_holotype.jpgPseudosimnia adriatica TN_Pseudosimnia_angusta_holotype.jpgPseudosimnia angusta TN_Diminovula_annulata_2.jpgPseudosimnia annulata TN_Pseudosimnia_bilineata_holotype.jpgPseudosimnia bilineata TN_Pseudosimnia_carnea_4.jpgPseudosimnia carnea
TN_Pseudosimnia_carnea_expallescens_syntype.jpgPseudosimnia carnea expallescens (var.) TN_Carpiscula_galearis_4.jpgPseudosimnia diaphana TN_Aperiovula_jeanae_holotype_1187.jpgPseudosimnia jeanae TN_Pseudosimnia_lacrima_holotype.jpgPseudosimnia lacrima TN_Pseudosimnia_nudelmani_holotype.jpgPseudosimnia nudelmani
TN_Pseudosimnia_priei.jpgPseudosimnia piriei TN_Pseudosimnia_albomarginata_holotype_1841.jpgPseudosimnia pyrulina TN_Pseudosimnia_shikamai_5.jpgPseudosimnia shikamai TN_Primovula_vanhyningi_1.jpgPseudosimnia vanhyningi TN_Pseudosimnia_wieseorum_2.jpgPseudosimnia wieseorum
TN_Aperiovula_bellocqae_1.jpgPseudosimnia (Pseudosimnia) juanjosensii TN_Lacrima_simulans.jpgLacrima simulans
Subfamily : OVULIDAE PEDICULARIINAE
TN_Pedicularia_californica_2.jpgPedicularia californica TN_Pedicularia_californica_ovuliformis.jpgPedicularia californica ovuliformis (var.) TN_Pedicularia_decurvata_syntype.jpgPedicularia decurvata TN_Pedicularia_tibia.jpgPedicularia decussata TN_Pedicularia_elegantissima.jpgPedicularia elegantissima
TN_Pedicularia_morrissoni.jpgPedicularia morrisoni TN_Pedicularia_pacifica_2.jpgPedicularia pacifica TN_Pediculari_sicula.jpgPedicularia sicula TN_Truncatella_subcylindrica_sublaevigata.jpgPedicularia sicula sublaevigata (var.) TN_Pedicularia_splendida_holotype.jpgPedicularia splendida
TN_Pedicularia_stylasteris.jpgPedicularia stylasteris TN_Pedicularia_vanderlandi.jpgPedicularia vanderlandi TN_Cypraeopsis_superstes_holotype.jpgLunovula superstes TN_Lunovula_cancellata_holotype.jpgLunovula cancellata TN_Lunovula_finleyi_holotype.jpgLunovula finleyi
TN_Lunovula_boucheti_holotype.jpgLunovula boucheti TN_Pedicypraedia_atlantica_holotype.jpgPedicypraedia atlantica
Subfamily : OVULIDAE PEDICULARIINAE CYPRAEDIINI
TN_Pseudocypraea_adamsonii_3.jpgPseudocypraea adamsonii TN_Pseudocypraea_exquisita_4.jpgPseudocypraea exquisita TN_Pseudocypraea_alexhubert_1.jpgPseudocypraea alexhuberti TN_Jenneria_pustulata_6.jpgJenneria pustulata
Subfamily : OVULIDAE SIMNIINAE
TN_Simnia_acicularia_1.jpgSimnia acicularia TN_Xandarovula_aperta.jpgSimnia aperta TN_Simnia_hiscocki_holotype.jpgSimnia hiscocki TN_Simnia_nicaeensis_2.jpgSimnia nicaeensis TN_Simnia_patula_5a.jpgSimnia patula
TN_Simnia_purpurea_1.jpgSimnia purpurea TN_Simnia_vidleri_3.jpgNeosimnia arcuata TN_Neosimnia_avena.jpgNeosimnia avena avena TN_Neosimnia_bartschi.jpgNeosimnia bartschi TN_Spiculata_bijuri_holotype_1708.jpgNeosimnia bijuri
TN_Neosimnia_illyrica.jpgNeosimnia illyrica TN_Neosimnia_macleani.jpgNeosimnia macleani TN_Neosimnia_patriciae.jpgNeosimnia patriciae TN_Neosimnia_sculptura.jpgNeosimnia sculptura TN_Pseudosimnia_senegalensis_1.jpgNeosimnia senegalensis
TN_Simnia_spelta_4.jpgNeosimnia spelta spelta TN_Spiculata_catalinensis.jpgNeosimnia barbarensis TN_Spiculata_barbarensis.jpgNeosimnia loebbeckeana TN_Cyphoma_alleneae.jpgCyphoma alleneae TN_Cyphoma_arturi.jpgCyphoma arturi
TN_Pseudocyphoma_aureocinctum.jpgCyphoma aureocinctum TN_Cyphoma_christahemmae_3.jpgCyphoma christahemmenae TN_Cyphoma_eludens_holotype.jpgCyphoma eludens TN_Cyphoma_emarginatum_1.jpgCyphoma emarginata TN_Cyphoma_gibbosum_2.jpgCyphoma gibbosum
TN_Cyphoma_versicolor_1.jpgCyphoma guerrinii TN_Pseudocyphoma_intermedium_1.jpgCyphoma intermedium TN_Cyphoma_macumba_2.jpgCyphoma macumba TN_Cyphoma_mcgintyi_3150.jpgCyphoma mcgintyi TN_Cyphoma_rhomba_paratype.jpgCyphoma rhomba
TN_Cyphoma_sedlaki.jpgCyphoma sedlaki TN_Cyphoma_signatum_1.jpgCyphoma signatum TN_Pseudocyphoma_christahemmenae_2.jpgCyphoma versicolor TN_Contrasimnia_formosana_2.jpgContrasimnia formosana TN_Xandarovula_pagoda.jpgContrasimnia pagoda
TN_Xandarovula_xanthochila_2.jpgContrasimnia xanthochila TN_Turbovula_greenbergae_holotype_1556.jpgQuasisimnia hirasei TN_Aperiovula_robertsoni_4.jpgQuasisimnia robertsoni TN_Neosimnia_acuminata.jpgSimnialena acuminata TN_Simnialena_paita_1.jpgSimnialena paita
TN_Neosimnia_avena_avena_3.jpgSimnialena rufa TN_Simnialena_uniplicata_3.jpgSimnialena uniplicata TN_Cymbovula_bahamaensis_1.jpgCymbovula acicularis TN_Naviculavolva_debelius.jpgNaviculavolva debelius TN_Cymbula_deflexa.jpgNaviculavolva deflexa
TN_Naviculavolva_deflexa_elegans.jpgNaviculavolva elegans TN_Naviculavolva_kurtziana.jpgNaviculavolva kurziana TN_Naviculavolva_malaita.jpgNaviculavolva malaita TN_Cymbovula_massierorum_3.jpgNaviculavolva massierorum TN_Delonovolva_dolabra_holotype_1557.jpgDissona dolabra
TN_Dissona_tosaensis.jpgDissona reflexa TN_Dissona_tarasconii_holotype.jpgDissona tarasconii TN_Dissona_tosaensis_3.jpgDissona tosaensis
Subfamily : OVULIDAE SULCOCYPRAEINAE
TN_Chimaeria_incomparabilis_holotype.jpgSphaerocypraea incomparabilis
Subfamily : OVULIDAE – NOMINA NON VALIDA
TN_Simnia_nicaeensis_purpurea.jpg