Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Eupulmonata > Order Ellobiida > Superfamily Ellobioidea > Family Ellobiidae > Subfamily Pythiinae

Ovatella Bivona-Bernardi, 1832

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ovatella aequalis (R. T. Lowe, 1832)
Ovatella firminii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Ovatella vulcani (Morelet, 1860)

Literature

original description	Bivona Bernardi Ant. (1832). Caratteri d'un nuovo genere di conchiglie della famiglia delle Plicacee del signor De Lamarck. Effemeride scientifiche e letterarie per la Sicilia 1(1): 58-59 [stated date february 1832]
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
taxonomy source	Martins, A. M. de F. (1999). On the generic separation of Ovatella Bivona, 1832 and Myosotella Monterosato (Pulmonata, Ellobiidae). Iberus. 17(2): 59-75.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ovatella Bivona e Bernardi, 1832. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137925

Ruud A. Bank. Ovatella Bivona-Bernardi, 1832. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7b42d4f5-8c4b-40c4-ae84-aa52138a57a8