Lunovula

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| image = Lunovula serrata (MNHN-IM-2000-33614).jpeg

| image_caption = Shell of Lunovula serrata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)

| taxon = Lunovula

| authority = Rosenberg, 1990{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}

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|type_species= Lunovula finleyi Rosenberg, 1990

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Lunovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pediculariinae of the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.{{WRMS species|437180|Lunovula Rosenberg, 1990||8 January 2019}}

Species

Species within the genus Lunovula include:

  • Lunovula boucheti Lorenz, 2007{{WRMS species|437185|Lunovula boucheti Lorenz, 2007||6 June 2010}}
  • Lunovula cancellata Lorenz, 2007{{WRMS species|437183|Lunovula cancellata Lorenz, 2007||6 June 2010}}
  • Lunovula finleyi Rosenberg, 1990{{WRMS species|437184|Lunovula finleyi Rosenberg, 1990||6 June 2010}}
  • Lunovula serrata Lorenz & Bouchet, 2018
  • Lunovula superstes (Dolin, 1991){{WRMS species|437181|Lunovula superstes (Dolin, 1991)||6 June 2010}}

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • Lunovula venusta Tsuchida & Kurozumi, 1999: synonym of Lunovula superstes (Dolin, 1991)

References

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{{Reflist}}

  • Rosenberg, G. (1990). Lunovula, a new genus of the Ovulidae (Prosobranchia: Gastropoda). Venus. 49: 189-197
  • 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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Category:Lunovula

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