Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Cypraeoidea

Ovulidae Fleming, 1822

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted
note: The classification of this family herein follows essentially Lorenz & Fehse (2009) except for the definition of genera Simnia Risso, 1826, Neosimnia Fischer, 1884 and Xandarovula Cate, 1973 which follow considerations expressed by Dol

Children

Ovulinae Fleming, 1828
Prionovolvinae Fehse, 2007
Simniinae F. A. Schilder, 1925

Literature

basis of record

Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1-117.

additional source

Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.

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Citation

Rosenberg, G. (2014). Ovulidae Fleming, 1822. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1747

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2011-03-20 by Gary Rosenberg

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