Dentiovula dorsuosa
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| Dentiovula dorsuosa | |
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| A live individual of Dentiovula dorsuosa, in situ on its prey species, in Metinaro, East Timor. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Dentiovula |
| Species: | D. dorsuosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Dentiovula dorsuosa (Hinds, 1844) | |
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Dentiovula dorsuosa is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]