Ovula ovum

Ovula ovum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Ovula
Species:
O. ovum
Binomial name
Ovula ovum
Synonyms
  • Amphiperas ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Bulla ovum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Ovula alba Perry, 1811
  • Ovula cygnea Röding, 1798
  • Ovula oviformis Lamarck, 1801
  • Ovula pygmaea Sowerby, 1828
  • Ovulum gallinaceum Reeve, 1860
  • Xandarovula figgisae Cate, 1973

Ovula ovum, common name the common egg cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

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