MolluscaBase name details
Primovula myrakeenae M. Azuma & C. N. Cate, 1971
432245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432245)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Azuma, M. & Cate, C. N. (1971). Sixteen new species and one new genus of Japanese Ovulidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 13(3): 261–268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42500950
page(s): 263, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 263, fig. 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note off Nada, Kii Peninsula
type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality off Nada, Kii Peninsula [details]
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Angeline Myra Keen (1905-1986).
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Angeline Myra Keen (1905-1986). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Primovula myrakeenae M. Azuma & C. N. Cate, 1971. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432245 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Azuma, M. & Cate, C. N. (1971). Sixteen new species and one new genus of Japanese Ovulidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 13(3): 261–268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42500950
page(s): 263, fig. 7 [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 51, pls. S125a-b [details] Available for editors
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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.
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 263, fig. 7 [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 51, pls. S125a-b [details] Available for editors
[request]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.
page(s): 89 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
