Aclyvolva coarctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
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| Shell of Aclyvolva coarctata (holotype at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Aclyvolva |
| Species: | A. coarctata
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| Aclyvolva coarctata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1848)
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 35 mm.[2]
Distribution
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This marine species occurs in the central Indo-Pacific area like for example in India, Japan, New Guinea[2] and New Caledonia.[3] The holotype was found in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aclyvolva coarctata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1380384 on 2024-03-07
- ^ a b "Aclyvolva lanceolata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Endemia.nc".
External links
edit- Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls
- Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117
- Azuma, M.; Cate, C. N. (1971). Sixteen new species and one new genus of Japanese Ovulidae. Veliger. 13(3): 261–268.
- Reijnen B.T. & Van der Meij S.E.T. (2019). Systematics of the subfamily Aclyvolvinae (Caenogastropoda: Ovulidae) based on molecular and morphometric analyses. Journal of Molluscan Studies
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