Calcarovula gracillima

Calcarovula gracillima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Calcarovula gracillima
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Calcarovula
Species:
C. gracillima
Binomial name
Calcarovula gracillima
(E. A. Smith, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aclyvolva clara Cate, 1973
  • Phenacovolva gracillima (E. A. Smith, 1901)
  • Phenacovolva yoshioi Azuma & Cate, 1971
  • Radius gracillimus E. A. Smith, 1901

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.

References
  1. Calcarovula gracillima (E.A. Smith, 1901). WoRMS (2009). Calcarovula gracillima (E.A. Smith, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010 .


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