''Cuspivolva'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily Eocypraeninae of the
family
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Ovulidae
Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family (biology), family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the co ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cuspivolva'' include:
*''
Cuspivolva allynsmithi''
(Cate, 1978)
*''
Cuspivolva bellica''
(Cate, 1973)
*''
Cuspivolva celzardi''
(Fehse, 2008)
*''
Cuspivolva cuspis''
(Cate, 1973)
*''
Cuspivolva draperi''
Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973
*''
Cuspivolva habui''
(Cate, 1973)
*''
Cuspivolva helenae''
(Cate, 1973)
*''
Cuspivolva mucronata''
(Azuma & Cate, 1971)
*''
Cuspivolva ostheimerae''
(Cate, 1973)
*''
Cuspivolva paulwatsoni''
Fehse & Lorenz, 2013
*''
Cuspivolva platysia''
(Cate, 1973)
* ''
Cuspivolva pulcherrima''
Fehse, 2019
*''
Cuspivolva queenslandica''
(Cate, 1974)
* ''
Cuspivolva singaporica''
Fehse & Koh, 2016
*''
Cuspivolva singularis''
(Cate, 1973)
*''
Cuspivolva tigris''
(Yamamoto, 1971)
;Species inquirenda:
*''Cuspivolva narinosa''
(Cate, 1973)
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Cuspivolva formosa''
( Sowerby in A. Adams
Arthur Adams (1820 in Gosport, Hampshire – 1878) was an England, English physician and natural history, naturalist.
Adams was assistant surgeon Royal Navy on board HMS Samarang (1822), HMS ''Samarang'' during the survey of the islands of ...
& Reeve, 1848):
synonym of ''
Primovula formosa''
(G. B. Sowerby II in Adams & Reeve, 1848)
References
* Fehse D. & Lorenz F. 2013. ''A new species in the genus Cuspivolva Cate, 1973 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ovulidae).'' Conchylia 43(1-4): 113-117
Ovulidae
Gastropod genera
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