Provanna
Provanna is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Provannidae.
This is a very old genus with species already existing in Cretaceous seep deposits off Japan (93 - 100 million years ago). The Caribbean and the Pacific fauna were isolated about 3 million years ago by the closure of the Central American Isthmus.
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Provanna laevis
speciesProvanna laevis
Provanna fenestrata
speciesProvanna fenestrata
Provanna lucida
speciesProvanna lucida
Provanna subglabra
speciesProvanna subglabra
Provanna kuroshimensis
speciesProvanna kuroshimensis
Provanna clathrata
speciesProvanna clathrata
Provanna cingulata
speciesProvanna cingulata
Provanna reticulata
speciesProvanna reticulata
Provanna chevalieri
speciesProvanna chevalieri
Provanna shinkaiae
speciesProvanna shinkaiae
Provanna abyssalis
speciesProvanna abyssalis
Provanna buccinoides
speciesProvanna buccinoides
Provanna segonzaci
speciesProvanna segonzaci
Provanna sculpta
speciesProvanna sculpta
Provanna admetoides
speciesProvanna admetoides
Provanna nassariaeformis
speciesProvanna nassariaeformis
Provanna macleani
speciesProvanna macleani
Provanna muricata
speciesProvanna muricata
Provanna variabilis
speciesProvanna variabilis
Provanna ios
speciesProvanna ios
Provanna pacifica
speciesProvanna pacifica
Provanna lomana
speciesProvanna lomana
Provanna exquisita
speciesProvanna exquisita
Provanna beebei
speciesProvanna beebei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Provanna in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 377859.