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Crenavolva traillii

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| name = Traill's ovulid

| image = Crenavolva traillii 01.jpg

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| taxon = Crenavolva traillii

| authority = (A. Adams, 1855)

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  • Amphiperas traillii (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Crenavolva striatula trailli (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Crenavolva traillii hesperia Cate, 1973
  • Ovula dentata Angas, 1887
  • Primovula formosa Schilder, 1941

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Crenavolva traillii, common name Traill's ovulid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family 'Ovulidae', 'the ovulids', 'cowry allies' or 'false cowries'.{{WRMS species|430691|Crenavolva traillii (A. Adams, 1855)|||WoRMS (2009). Crenavolva traillii (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430691 on 5 June 2010}}

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm.

Their functional group is benthos.

Their feeding type is predatory, specifically on sessile prey.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia (Queensland).

References

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  • Adams, A. 1855. Description of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854(22): 130–138, pl. 28
  • Schilder, F.A. 1941. Verwandtschaft und Verbreitung der Cypraeacea. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 73(2–3): 57–120, pl. 8-9
  • Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1–116
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
  • Fehse, D. 2002. Contribution to the knowledge of the Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). X. The genus Crenavolva Cate, 1973. La Conchiglia 34(303): 23–55
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.

External links

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  • {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=8642|title=Crenavolva traillii|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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Category:Ovulidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1855

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