Crenavolva janae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
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| Shell of Crenavolva janae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Crenavolva |
| Species: | C. janae
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| Binomial name | |
| Crenavolva janae Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 9.6 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Northwest Australia.
References edit
- ^ Crenavolva janae Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. WoRMS (2009). Crenavolva janae Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010 .
- Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D., 2009 The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae, p. 651