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| name = ''Cypraeovula volvens'' |
| name = ''Cypraeovula volvens'' |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Mollusca]] |
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| superfamilia = [[Cypraeoidea]] |
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| familia = [[Cypraeidae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Cypraeovula]]'' |
| genus = ''[[Cypraeovula]]'' |
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| species = '''''C. volvens''''' |
| species = '''''C. volvens''''' |
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| binomial = ''Cypraeovula volvens'' |
| binomial = ''Cypraeovula volvens'' |
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| binomial_authority = Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004<ref>{{WRMS source|128420|Fazzini & Bergonzoni. 2004. Conchiglia Volume: 36 Issue: 310 Pages: 50-56|5 June 2010}}</ref> |
| binomial_authority = Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004<ref>{{WRMS source|128420|Fazzini & Bergonzoni. 2004. Conchiglia Volume: 36 Issue: 310 Pages: 50-56|5 June 2010}}</ref> |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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Shell spheroid and umbilicate, light and fragile, small ( |
Shell spheroid and umbilicate, light and fragile, small (20–23 mm). Dorsum variably colored, clear pink to dark violet, with rather small brown spots laterally, decreasing in size. Flanks weakly pointed and sometimes provided with small protuberances. Labial edge orange-pink, rather thickened, with the anterior labial extremity weakly evident and the posterior labial one more |
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developed. Base mostly clear, with margins colored and patterned as the dorsum; aperture curved and narrow. Labial dentition developed and coarse. Columellar dentition thinner, weakly evident, disappearing in the more callous specimens. Peristome smooth or with fine ribbing. Fossula rather thickened, shallow, with 3-4 well developed denticles in fully grown specimens. Soft parts generally translucent; head, mantle and foot cream-grey and weakly spotted with black. Mantle provided with numerous thread-like and semitransparent papillae. |
developed. Base mostly clear, with margins colored and patterned as the dorsum; aperture curved and narrow. Labial dentition developed and coarse. Columellar dentition thinner, weakly evident, disappearing in the more callous specimens. Peristome smooth or with fine ribbing. Fossula rather thickened, shallow, with 3-4 well developed denticles in fully grown specimens. Soft parts generally translucent; head, mantle and foot cream-grey and weakly spotted with black. Mantle provided with numerous thread-like and semitransparent papillae. |
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==Distribution== |
==Distribution== |
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The holotype and paratypes were dredged in June 2003 on rocky bottoms by Philip J. Jooste off the eastern coast of South Africa, NE of Port Alfred, at a depth of about |
The holotype and paratypes were dredged in June 2003 on rocky bottoms by Philip J. Jooste off the eastern coast of South Africa, NE of Port Alfred, at a depth of about 88–100 m. |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 03:47, 8 January 2011
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| Cypraeovula volvens Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004[1]
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Cypraeovula volvens is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
Description
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2010) |
Shell spheroid and umbilicate, light and fragile, small (20–23 mm). Dorsum variably colored, clear pink to dark violet, with rather small brown spots laterally, decreasing in size. Flanks weakly pointed and sometimes provided with small protuberances. Labial edge orange-pink, rather thickened, with the anterior labial extremity weakly evident and the posterior labial one more developed. Base mostly clear, with margins colored and patterned as the dorsum; aperture curved and narrow. Labial dentition developed and coarse. Columellar dentition thinner, weakly evident, disappearing in the more callous specimens. Peristome smooth or with fine ribbing. Fossula rather thickened, shallow, with 3-4 well developed denticles in fully grown specimens. Soft parts generally translucent; head, mantle and foot cream-grey and weakly spotted with black. Mantle provided with numerous thread-like and semitransparent papillae.
Distribution
| This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2010) |
The holotype and paratypes were dredged in June 2003 on rocky bottoms by Philip J. Jooste off the eastern coast of South Africa, NE of Port Alfred, at a depth of about 88–100 m.
References
- ^ Fazzini & Bergonzoni. 2004. Conchiglia Volume: 36 Issue: 310 Pages: 50-56. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ Cypraeovula volvens Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004. WoRMS (2009). Cypraeovula volvens Fazzini & Bergonzoni, 2004. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388704 on 5 June 2010 .
External links
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