Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Cypraeoidea > Family Ovulidae > Subfamily Simniinae > Genus Xandarovula

Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Bulla Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Xandarovula*	C. N. Cate, 1973	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ovula blanville*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Bulla blainvillii*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Ovula blainvillii*	(Leach, 1847)	synonym
*Ovula pennantiana*	(Leach, 1847)	synonym
*Simia pennantiana*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Simnia patula*	(Pennant, 1777)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Nappo, A. (2024). An overview of the Mediterranean 'allied cowries' (Gastropoda: Ovulidae) with the description of Xandarovula aetheria n. sp. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural History, Malta. 1(1): 37-66.
additional source	Dolin L. & Ledon D. (2002). Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d'Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l'Éocène inférieur de Gan (France). Geodiversitas. 24(2): 329-347.
additional source	Schrieken N., Gittenberger A. & Lengkeek W. (2012) Xandarovula from The Netherlands and England (Gastropoda, Ovulidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 13-14.
additional source	Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs.
new combination reference	Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). 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:224890