Prionovolva brevis
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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
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.
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=5505|title=Prionovolva brevis|access-date=20 January 2011}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1828
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