Dentiovula dorsuosa

Dentiovula dorsuosa
Dentiovula dorsuosa
A live individual of Dentiovula dorsuosa, in situ on its prey species, in Metinaro, East Timor.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Prionovolvinae
Genus: Dentiovula
Species: D. dorsuosa
Binomial name
Dentiovula dorsuosa
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]

Ovulum dorsuosum Hinds, 1844

Dentiovula dorsuosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Dentiovula dorsuosa (Hinds, 1844). WoRMS (2009). Dentiovula dorsuosa (Hinds, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430767 on 5 June 2010.

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