Calcarovula
Genus of gastropods
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Calcarovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae.[1]
| Calcarovula | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Calcarovula arthritica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Calcarovula Cate, 1973 |
| Type species | |
| Cantharus aldermenensis Powell, 1971 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
Species within the genus Calcarovula include:
- Calcarovula arthritica Lorenz & Fehse, 2009[2]
- Calcarovula gracillima (E. A. Smith, 1901)[3]
- Calcarovula ildiko Lorenz, 2006[4]
- Calcarovula longirostrata (Sowerby, 1828)[5]
- Calcarovula mikado (Kurohara & Habe, 1991)[6]
- Calcarovula piragua (Dall, 1889)[7]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Calcarovula virgo Azuma, 1974: synonym of Calcarovula longirostrata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828)