Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- MolluscaBase. Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216904 on 2020-04-16
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Littorinimorpha
- family
- Ovulidae
- genus
- Ovula
- species
- Ovula ovum
Name
- Synonyms
- Amphiperas ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Bulla ovum Linnaeus, 1758
- Ovula alba Perry, 1811
- Ovula cygnea Röding, 1798
- Ovula oviformis Lamarck, 1801
- Ovula papyracea Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
- Ovula pygmaea G.B.Sowerby I, 1828
- Ovulum gallinaceum Reeve, 1860
- Ovulum ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Ovulum ovum var. pygmaea G.B.Sowerby I, 1828
- Ovulum pygmaea G.B.Sowerby I, 1828
- Ovum ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Xandarovula figgisae C.N.Cate, 1973
- Homonyms
- Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- Gemeine Eischnecke in German
- common egg cowrie in English
- ウミウサギガイ in Japanese
- Gemeine Eischnecke in German
- common egg cowrie in English
- ウミウサギガイ in Japanese
Bibliographic References
- Kawai, K. (2010). Pair Formation and Reproductive Behavior in the Egg Cowry Ovula ovum (Gastropoda: Ovulidae) in Southern Kyushu, Japan. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 69(1-2): 49-58.
- Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
- Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
- Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.