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Primovula formosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848)
1379348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1379348)
accepted
Species
Cuspivolva formosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848) · unaccepted
Delonovolva formosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) · unaccepted
Ovulum formosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ovulum formosum A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ovulum formosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1848) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 22, pl. 6 figs 6a-b; note: (see p. 17 for authorship by G.B. Sowerby II of Ovulum species) [details]
page(s): 22, pl. 6 figs 6a-b; note: (see p. 17 for authorship by G.B. Sowerby II of Ovulum species) [details]
Type locality contained in Borneo
type locality contained in Borneo [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Primovula formosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1379348 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Ovulum formosum G. B. Sowerby II, 1848) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 22, pl. 6 figs 6a-b; note: (see p. 17 for authorship by G.B. Sowerby II of Ovulum species) [details]
original description (of Ovulum formosum A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 22, pl. 6, figs 6a, 6b. [details]
basis of record Fehse D. (2019). Contributions to the knowledge of the Ovulidae, XXVIII. On the identity of <i>Ovulum formosum</i> G. B. Sowerby II, 1848 and description of a new <i>Cuspivolva</i>. <em>Conchylia.</em> 50(1-4): 47-53.
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page(s): 22, pl. 6 figs 6a-b; note: (see p. 17 for authorship by G.B. Sowerby II of Ovulum species) [details]
original description (of Ovulum formosum A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 22, pl. 6, figs 6a, 6b. [details]
basis of record Fehse D. (2019). Contributions to the knowledge of the Ovulidae, XXVIII. On the identity of <i>Ovulum formosum</i> G. B. Sowerby II, 1848 and description of a new <i>Cuspivolva</i>. <em>Conchylia.</em> 50(1-4): 47-53.
page(s): 50, pl. 1 fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
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