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 > Genus Ovatella

Ovatella firminii (Payraudeau, 1826)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Auricula Lamarck, 1799

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ovatella*	Bivona-Bernardi, 1832	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pythia ferminii*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Auricula villosa*	Audouin, 1826	synonym
*Ovatella punctata*	Bivona e Bernardi, 1832	synonym
*Pythia ferminii var. aegyptiaca*	Beck, 1838	synonym

Literature

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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ovatella firminii (Payraudeau, 1826). 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:139675

Ruud A. Bank. Ovatella firminii (Payraudeau, 1826). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/27d8d895-4359-42f0-b58b-e713514885c0