Prionovolva brevis

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| taxon = Prionovolva brevis

| authority = (Sowerby, 1828)

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  • Amphiperas pudica A. Adams, 1855
  • Ovula bullata Gould, 1861
  • Ovula pudica A. Adams, 1854
  • Ovulum breve Sowerby, 1828
  • Ovulum fruticum Reeve, 1865
  • Ovulum nubeculatum Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848
  • Primovula fructicum (Reeve, 1865)
  • Primovula fruticum (Reeve, 1865)
  • Prionovolva castanea Cate, 1978
  • Prionovolva fruticum (Reeve, 1865)
  • Prionovolva nivea Cate, 1974
  • Prionovolva nubeculata (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
  • Prionovolva pudica (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Prionovolva pudica wilsoniana Cate, 1973
  • Prionovolva wilsoniana Cate, 1973
  • Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) fruticum (Reeve, 1865)

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Prionovolva brevis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.{{WRMS species|430582 |Prionovolva brevis |||WoRMS (2009). Prionovolva brevis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430582 on 20 January 2011}}

Description

The shell size varies between 6 mm and 22 mm

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Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and New South Wales, Australia and in the Indian Ocean along Somalia.

References

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  • Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1–117.