WoRMS name details
Prionovolva pudica (A. Adams, 1855)
437161 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:437161)
unaccepted
Species
- Subspecies Prionovolva pudica wilsoniana C. N. Cate, 1973 accepted as Prionovolva brevis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)
marine
(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]
page(s): 131-132. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Prionovolva pudica (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437161 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
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]
page(s): 131-132. [details]
Taxonomy
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): 45 [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
Other
additional source
Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 101. [details]
page(s): 101. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
