Margovula pyriformis

Margovula pyriformis
Margovula pyriformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Prionovolvinae
Genus: Margovula
Species: M. pyriformis
Binomial name
Margovula pyriformis
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1828)
Synonyms[1]

Amphiperas pyrulinus A. Adams, 1854
Ovulum pyriformis G.B. Sowerby I, 1828

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Margovula pyriformis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). WoRMS (2009). Margovula pyriformis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430596 on 5 June 2010.

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