Traits taxon details
Xandarovula C. N. Cate, 1973
224886 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224886)
accepted
Genus
marine
Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>Veliger.</em> 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xandarovula C. N. Cate, 1973. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224886 on 2025-04-29
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Xandarovula C. N. Cate, 1973. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224886 on 2025-04-29
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Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>Veliger.</em> 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details]
additional source 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.
note: treated as a junior synonym of Simnia Risso, 1826, following a different interpretation of the type species Simnia nicaeensis [details]
additional source Dolin L. & Ledon D. (2002). Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d'Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l'Éocène inférieur de Gan (France). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 24(2): 329-347., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2002n2a4.pdf [details]
source of synonymy Nocella, E.; Zvonareva, S. S.; Fassio, G.; Pica, D.; Buge, B.; Villa, R.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2024). Spicy food for the egg-cowries: the evolution of corallivory in the Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1323156
page(s): 9; note: Xandarovula is not mentioned but molecular data are provided to show that its type species X. patula is very closely related to Simnia spelta, type species of Simnia and
[details]
additional source 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.
note: treated as a junior synonym of Simnia Risso, 1826, following a different interpretation of the type species Simnia nicaeensis [details]
additional source Dolin L. & Ledon D. (2002). Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d'Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l'Éocène inférieur de Gan (France). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 24(2): 329-347., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2002n2a4.pdf [details]
source of synonymy Nocella, E.; Zvonareva, S. S.; Fassio, G.; Pica, D.; Buge, B.; Villa, R.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2024). Spicy food for the egg-cowries: the evolution of corallivory in the Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1323156
page(s): 9; note: Xandarovula is not mentioned but molecular data are provided to show that its type species X. patula is very closely related to Simnia spelta, type species of Simnia and
Xandarovula is not mentioned but molecular data are provided to show that its type species X. patula is very closely related to Simnia spelta, type species of Simnia and Neosimnia, and both species are treated under Simnia



