Ovulidae
Calpurnus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calpurnus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calpurnus verrucosus is a species of cowry found in tropical Indo-Pacific waters that feeds on leather coral polyps.
Diminovula culmen (C.N.Cate, 1973)
Diminovula culmen (C.N.Cate, 1973)
Diminovula culmen is a marine ovulid sea snail found off East Africa and in the Central Pacific.
Diminovula aurantiomacula (C.N.Cate & M.Azuma, 1973)
Diminovula aurantiomacula (C.N.Cate & M.Azuma, 1973)
Diminovula aurantiomacula is a sea snail species in the Ovulidae family, also called false cowries.
Cuspivolva tigris (T.Yamamoto, 1971)
Cuspivolva tigris (T.Yamamoto, 1971)
Cuspivolva tigris, the Tiger egg cowry, is a small shelled sea snail widespread in tropical Indo-Pacific waters.
Prionovolva brevis (G.B.Sowerby I, 1828)
Prionovolva brevis (G.B.Sowerby I, 1828)
Prionovolva brevis is a species with shell sizes 6–22 mm, found in the western Pacific and western Indian Oceans.
Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cyphoma gibbosum, the flamingo tongue snail, is a common marine gastropod that feeds on soft corals in the tropical western Atlantic.
Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939
Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939
Cyphoma signatum, or flamingo tongue snail, is a marine gastropod that lives in the western Atlantic and feeds on soft corals.
Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Simnia spelta is a small predatory sea snail that lives and feeds on gorgonian sea fans, matching its host’s colour for camouflage.
Phenacovolva rosea (A.Adams, 1855)
Phenacovolva rosea (A.Adams, 1855)
Phenacovolva rosea, the rosy spindle cowry, is a common Indo-Pacific mollusc that lives as an ectoparasite on gorgonian corals.
Phenacovolva poppei Fehse, 2000
Phenacovolva poppei Fehse, 2000
Phenacovolva poppei is a species of marine gastropod sea snail in the Ovulidae family.
Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ovula ovum is a common egg-shaped white-shelled cowry found across Indo-Pacific tropical reef shallow waters.
Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810
Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810
Ovula costellata, commonly called the Pink-Mouth eggshell, is a small marine snail distributed from East Africa to the Western Pacific.
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