Aclyvolva coarctata
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| Aclyvolva coarctata | |
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| Shell of Aclyvolva coarctata (holotype at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Aclyvolva |
| Species: | A. coarctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aclyvolva coarctata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1848) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Aclyvolva coarctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 35 mm.[2]
