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Ovulum breve G. B. Sowerby I, 1828
432040 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432040)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Ovulum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 accepted as Ovula Bruguière, 1789
marine
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. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ovulum breve G. B. Sowerby I, 1828. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432040 on 2025-09-11
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original description
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]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
source of synonymy 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]
page(s): 152 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
source of synonymy 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]
