Ovula costellata
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| Ovula costellata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Ovula |
| Species: | O. costellata |
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| Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810 | |
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Ovula costellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
Commonly known as the Pink-Mouth eggshell, this relatively small snail attains a shell size of 50mm.[2]
