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Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)
430582 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430582)
accepted
Species
Amphiperas (Ovula) pudica A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ovulum breve G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ovulum fruticum Reeve, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Ovulum nubeculatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Primovula fructicum (Reeve, 1865) · unaccepted
Primovula fruticum (Reeve, 1865) · unaccepted
Prionovolva castanea C. N. Cate, 1978 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prionovolva fruticum (Reeve, 1865) · unaccepted
Prionovolva nivea C. N. Cate, 1974 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prionovolva nubeculata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848) · unaccepted
Prionovolva pudica (A. Adams, 1855) · unaccepted
Prionovolva pudica wilsoniana C. N. Cate, 1973 · unaccepted
Prionovolva wilsoniana C. N. Cate, 1973 · unaccepted
Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) fruticum (Reeve, 1865) · unaccepted
marine
(of Ovulum breve G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1828). On the recent species of the genus <i>Ovulum</i>. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 145-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485061
page(s): 152 [details]
page(s): 152 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430582 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Prionovolva nivea C. N. Cate, 1974) Cate, C.N. (1974). Five new species of Ovulidae from the Western Pacific. <em>The Veliger.</em> 16 (40): 381-384., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42431335 [details]
original description (of Prionovolva castanea C. N. Cate, 1978) Cate, C. N. (1978). New species of Ovulidae and reinstatement of <i>Margovula pyrulina</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 92(4): 160-167, figs. 1-12.
page(s): 160 [details]
original description (of Amphiperas (Ovula) pudica A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Descriptions of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 130-138, pl. 28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747527
page(s): 131-132. [details]
original description (of Ovulum breve G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1828). On the recent species of the genus <i>Ovulum</i>. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 145-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485061
page(s): 152 [details]
original description (of Ovulum fruticum Reeve, 1865) Reeve, L. A. (1865). Monograph of the genus <i>Ovulum</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 15, pl. 1-14 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-8, Mar. 1865 [pl. 2 as “1862”]; 9-10, 13-14, Jun. 1865; 1, 11-12, May 1865]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972609 [details]
original description (of Ovulum nubeculatum 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): 23, pl. 6 fig. 12 a, b, c; note: (see p. 17 for authorship by G.B. Sowerby II of Ovulum species) [details]
original description (of Prionovolva pudica wilsoniana C. N. Cate, 1973) Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434
page(s): 11, text figs 16,16a. [details]
basis of record Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>The 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. [details]
source of synonymy Rosenberg, G. 2010. Description of a new species of <i>Prionovolva</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ovulidae) from East Africa, with reassessment of the composition of the genus. <i>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia</i> 159: 39-66.
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Prionovolva castanea C. N. Cate, 1978) Cate, C. N. (1978). New species of Ovulidae and reinstatement of <i>Margovula pyrulina</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 92(4): 160-167, figs. 1-12.
page(s): 160 [details]
original description (of Amphiperas (Ovula) pudica A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Descriptions of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 130-138, pl. 28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747527
page(s): 131-132. [details]
original description (of Ovulum breve G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1828). On the recent species of the genus <i>Ovulum</i>. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 145-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485061
page(s): 152 [details]
original description (of Ovulum fruticum Reeve, 1865) Reeve, L. A. (1865). Monograph of the genus <i>Ovulum</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 15, pl. 1-14 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-8, Mar. 1865 [pl. 2 as “1862”]; 9-10, 13-14, Jun. 1865; 1, 11-12, May 1865]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972609 [details]
original description (of Ovulum nubeculatum 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): 23, pl. 6 fig. 12 a, b, c; note: (see p. 17 for authorship by G.B. Sowerby II of Ovulum species) [details]
original description (of Prionovolva pudica wilsoniana C. N. Cate, 1973) Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434
page(s): 11, text figs 16,16a. [details]
basis of record Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>The 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. [details]
source of synonymy Rosenberg, G. 2010. Description of a new species of <i>Prionovolva</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ovulidae) from East Africa, with reassessment of the composition of the genus. <i>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia</i> 159: 39-66.
page(s): 44 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Prionovolva nivea. C. N. Cate, 1974. Veliger 16 (4): 383 - catalog no. 39423) (from synonym Prionovolva nivea C. N. Cate, 1974)
To Malacopics (Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Japan, Wakayama, off Cape Shiono, in soft coral, at 10-20 m depth, collected 1989-03-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
To Malacopics (Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Japan, Wakayama, off Cape Shiono, in soft coral, at 10-20 m depth, collected 1989-03-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
