Prionovolvinae
Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the cowry allies.
24 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Diminovula
genusDiminovula
Cuspivolva
genusCuspivolva
Crenavolva
genusCrenavolva
Little Egg Cowries
genusCalpurnus
Primovula
genusPrimovula
Prionovolva
genusPrionovolva
Dentiovula
genusDentiovula
Prosimnia
genusProsimnia
Testudovolva
genusTestudovolva
Globovula
genusGlobovula
Habuprionovolva
genusHabuprionovolva
Procalpurnus
genusProcalpurnus
Margovula
genusMargovula
Naviculavolva
genusNaviculavolva
Sandalia
genusSandalia
Amonovula
genusAmonovula
Hiatavolva
genusHiatavolva
Archivolva
genusArchivolva
Serratovolva
genusSerratovolva
Rotaovula
genusRotaovula
Pseudosimnia
genusPseudosimnia
Carpiscula
genusCarpiscula
Contrasimnia
genusContrasimnia
Lacrima
genusLacrima
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 471886.