Primovula formosa
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Taxobox
|image=Formosa Egg Cowrie (11019793296).jpg
|image_caption=
|regnum=Animalia
|phylum=Mollusca
|classis=Gastropoda
|unranked_superfamilia=clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
|superfamilia=Cypraeoidea
|familia=Ovulidae
|subfamilia=Eocypraeinae
|genus=Primovula
|subgenus=
|species=P. formosa
|binomial=Primovula formosa
|binomial_authority=(Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
|synonyms=
- Cuspivolva formosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848)
- Delonovolva formosa (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
- Ovulum formosum Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848
}}
Primovula formosa is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Primovula formosa (G. B. Sowerby II in Adams & Reeve, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1379348 on 2020-09-29
Distribution
This species is distributed in East Asia, spanning north from Japan, both sides of Taiwan Straits, Thailand and East Kalimantan.{{cite web|url=http://www.bioinfo.cn/db05/BjdwSpecies.php?action=view&id=10745|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305032808/http://www.bioinfo.cn/db05/BjdwSpecies.php?action=view&id=10745
|title=矛梭螺 |trans-title=Cuspivolva formosa|work=China Animal Scientific Database|publisher=Chinese Academy of Sciences|accessdate=2009-04-28|archivedate=2016-03-05}} Usually habitat at bottom of sea, on species of order Gorgonacea at depth of 15-18m{{r|id10745}}.
References
{{Reflist}}
- Fehse D. (2019). Contributions to the knowledge of the Ovulidae, XXVIII. On the identity of Ovulum formosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1848 and description of a new Cuspivolva. Conchylia. 50(1-4): 47-53.
External links
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936 Adams, A.; Reeve, L. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls]
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1848
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