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165 Species in Family Ovulidae
Nominal species list for Ovulidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Xandarovula xanthochila (Kuroda, 1928) Xanthochroid egg shell
Volva volva Linnaeus, 1758 Shuttlecock volva
Testudovolva nipponensis (Pilsbry, 1913)
Testudovolva nebula (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Testudovolva intricata Cate, 1973
Takasagovolva gigantea (Azuma, 1974)
Takasagovolva honkakujiana (Kuroda, 1928)
Subsimnia bellamaris (Berry, 1946)
Spiculata advena Cate, 1978
Spiculata barbarensis (Dall, 1892)
Spiculata loebbeckeana (Wienkauff, 1881)
Simnia uniplicata Sowerby, 1848
Simnialena marferula Cate, 1973 Sea-whip simnia
Simnialena uniplicata (Sowerby II, 1848) One-tooth simnia
Simnia avena unspecified
Simnia loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1881)
Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) Keys simnia
Simnia acicularis (Lamarck, 1810) Sharp shuttle shell
Simnia aequalis Sowerby, 1832
Serratovolva dondani (Cate, 1964)
Serratovolva minabeensis (Cate, 1975)
Sandalia rhodia (Adams, 1854)
Rotaovula hirohitoi Cate & Azuma, 1973
Rotaovula septemmacula (Azuma, 1971)
Quasisimnia hirasei (Pilsbry, 1913)
Quasisimnia robertsoni (Cate, 1973)
Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (Smith, 1940)
Pseudosimnia whitworthi Cate, 1973
Pseudosimnia marginata (Sowerby I, 1828)
Pseudosimnia pyrifera Cate, 1973 Pear simnia
Pseudosimnia sphoni Cate, 1973
Pseudosimnia jaenae (Cate, 1973)
Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789) Dwarf red ovula
Pseudocyphoma gibbulum Cate, 1978 Plump cyphoma
Pseudocyphoma gibsonsmithorum Petuch, 1987
Pseudocyphoma intermedium (Sowerby I, 1828) Intermediate cyphoma
Pseudocypraea adamsonii (Sowerby, 1832)
Prosimnia semperi (Weinkauff, 1881)
Prosimnia piriei (Petuch, 1973) Pirie's egg cowrie
Prosimnia draconis Cate, 1973
Prosimnia boshuensis Cate, 1973
Prionovolva wilsoniana Cate, 1973
Prionovolva nivea Cate, 1974
Prionovolva fruticum (Reeve, 1865)
Prionovolva brevis (Sowerby, 1828)
Procalpurnus semistriatus (Pease, 1862)
Procalpurnus lacteus (Linnaeus, 1810)
Primovula solemi Cate, 1973 Robust miniovula
Primovula myrakeenae (Cate & Azuma, 1971)
Primovula roseomaculata (Schepman, 1909)
Primovula fulguris (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Primovula formosa (Sowerby, 1848)
Primovula aureola Fehse, 2002
Primovula concinna (Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Primovula filia (Azuma, 1979)
Primovula astra Omi & Iino, 2005
Phenacovolva recurva (Sowerby, 1848)
Phenacovolva rosea (Adams, 1854) Rosy spindle cowry
Phenacovolva poppei Fehse, 2000
Phenacovolva pseudogracilis Cate & Azuma, 1973
Phenacovolva philippinarum (Sowerby, 1848)
Phenacovolva piragua (Dall, 1889) Slender simnia
Phenacovolva lahainaensis (Cate, 1969)
Phenacovolva parvita Cate & Azuma, 1973
Phenacovolva dancei Cate, 1973
Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817)
Phenacovolva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767) Double-snouted volva
Phenacovolva angasi (Reeve, 1865)
Phenacovolva wakayamaensis Cate & Azuma, 1973
Phenacovolva tayloriana (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Phenacovolva tokioi Cate, 1973 Tokio's egg shell
Phenacovolva vitrea Omi & Iino, 2005
Phenacovolva subreflexa (Adams & Reeve, 1848) Stunted volva
Pedicularia tibia Simone, 2005
Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855 Hatched pedicularia
Pedicularia californica Newcomb, 1864 California pedicularia
Pellasimnia improcera (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Pellasimnia hasta Cate, 1973
Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969)
Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758) Common egg cowrie
Ovula ishibasii Kuroda, 1728
Ovula ishibashii (Kuroda, 1928)
Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810 Pink-mouth ovula
Ovula costella Lamarck, 1810
Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Neosimnia loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1881) Loebbeck's simnia
Neosimnia bijuri (Cate, 1976)
Neosimnia barbarensis (Dall, 1892) Santa Barbara simnia
Neosimnia bellamaris Berry, 1946 Pacific simnia
Neosimnia avena (Sowerby II, 1832)
Neosimnia aequalis (Sowerby II, 1832)
Neosimnia advena (Cate, 1978)
Margovula bimaculata (Adams, 1854)
Margovula tinctilis Cate, 1973
Margovula pyriformis (Sowerby, 1828)
Kuroshiovolva shingoi Azuma & Cate, 1971
Inflatovula marginata (Sowerby, 1828)
Hiatavolva rugosa Cate & Azuma, 1973
Hiatavolva coarctata (Sowerby, 1848) Pink allied cowrie
Hiata depressa (Sowerby III, 1875)
Habuprionovolva choshiensis Cate, 1973
Habuprionovolva aenigma (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Dissona tosaensis (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Diminovula punctata (Duclos, 1831)
Diminovula stigma (Cate, 1978)
Diminovula perilla (Cate, 1973)
Diminovula margarita (Sowerby, 1828)
Diminovula filia (Azuma, 1979)
Diminovula incisa (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Diminovula dautzenbergi (Schilder, 1931)
Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1856)
Diminovula anulata Fehse, 2001
Diminovula aurantiomacula (Cate & Azuma, 1973)
Diminovula culmen (Cate, 1973) Ridged egg cowry
Dentiovula nix Fehse, 2022
Dentiovula oryza (Omi & Clover, 2005)
Dentiovula masaoi Cate, 1973
Dentiovula eizoi Cate & Azuma, 1973
Dentiovula horai (Cardin, 1994)
Dentiovula mariae (Schilder, 1941)
Dentiovula dorsuosa (Hinds, 1844)
Dentiovula colobica (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Delonovolva aequalis Sowerby, 1832 Simnia
Cyphoma versicolor Fehse, 2003
Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939 Fingerprint Cyphoma
Cyphoma rhomba Cate, 1978 Bullroarer Cyphoma
Cyphoma roamoralesi Macsotay & Campos, 2001
Cyphoma sedlaki Cate, 1976
Cyphoma macumba Petuch, 1979
Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939 Purple flamingo tongue
Cyphoma lindae Petuch, 1987
Cyphoma intermedium (Sowerby, 1828)
Cyphoma christahemmenae (Fehse, 1997)
Cyphoma emarginatum (Sowerby, 1830)
Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) Flamingo tounge snail
Cyphoma bartschi (Cate, 1973)
Cyphoma alleneae Cate, 1973
Cyphoma aureocinctum (Dall, 1889) Gold-line Cyphoma
Cymbovula acicularis (Lamarck, 1810) West Indian simnia
Cuspivolva tigris (Yamamoto, 1971) Tiger egg cowrie
Cuspivolva cuspis Cate, 1973
Cuspivolva draperi (Cate, 1973)
Cuspivolva platysia (Cate, 1973)
Cuspivolva azumai (Cate, 1970)
Cuspivolva allynsmithi (Cate, 1978)
Crenavolva traillii (Adams, 1855)
Crenavolva tokuoi Azuma, 1989
Crenavolva striatula (Sowerby I, 1828)
Crenavolva tinctura (Garrard, 1963)
Crenavolva rosewateri Cate, 1973
Crenavolva leopardus Fehse, 2002
Crenavolva periopsis Cate, 1978
Crenavolva formosa (Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Carpiscula bullata Sowerby, 1848
Calpurnus lacteus (Lamarck, 1810) White stony ovula
Calpurnus verrucosus (Linneaus, 1758) Umbilical ovula
Calcarovula mikado (Kurohara & Habe, 1991)
Calcarovula longirostrata (Sowerby, 1828) Long-snouted volva
Calcarovula gracillima (Smith, 1901)
Calcarovula ildiko Lorenz, 2006
Aperiovula jeanae Cate, 1973
Aperiovula adriatica (Sowerby, 1828)
Aperiovula abbotti Cate, 1973
Aclyvolva lanceolata (Sowerby, 1848) Ovulid
Aclyvolva lamyi (Schilder, 1932)
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