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Calcarovula longirostrata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)
431163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431163)
accepted
Species
Calcarovula virgo (M. Azuma, 1974) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ovulum longirostratum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 · unaccepted
Phenacovolva (Calcarovula) virgo M. Azuma, 1974 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Phenacovolva longirostrata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ovulum longirostratum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1828). On the recent species of the genus <i>Ovulum</i>. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 145-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485061
page(s): 160 [details]
page(s): 160 [details]
Type locality contained in Adriatic Sea
type locality contained in Adriatic Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calcarovula longirostrata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431163 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Ovulum longirostratum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1828). On the recent species of the genus <i>Ovulum</i>. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 145-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485061
page(s): 160 [details]
original description (of Phenacovolva (Calcarovula) virgo M. Azuma, 1974) Azuma, M. (1974). Two new species of the genus Phenacovolva Iredale, 1939 from off Kii, Japan and Formosa (Gastropoda: Ovulidae). <em>Venus.</em> 32: 113-116.
page(s): 114, 115 [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS) Taylor, J. D. & Shin, P. K. S. (1990). Trawl surveys of sublittoral gastropods in Tolo Channel and Mirs Bay; a record of change from 1976-1986. In: Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II, vol. 2, pp857-881. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
page(s): 160 [details]
original description (of Phenacovolva (Calcarovula) virgo M. Azuma, 1974) Azuma, M. (1974). Two new species of the genus Phenacovolva Iredale, 1939 from off Kii, Japan and Formosa (Gastropoda: Ovulidae). <em>Venus.</em> 32: 113-116.
page(s): 114, 115 [details] Available for editors

context source (HKRMS) Taylor, J. D. & Shin, P. K. S. (1990). Trawl surveys of sublittoral gastropods in Tolo Channel and Mirs Bay; a record of change from 1976-1986. In: Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II, vol. 2, pp857-881. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]




To GB Mollusca Types (Ovulum longirostratum G. B. Sowerby 1st, 1828; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.01215) (from synonym Ovulum longirostratum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)
To Malacopics (Calcarovula longirostrata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Japan, Mie, Okino-Shima, on coral fans, at 125 m depth, collected March 1986, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Calcarovula longirostrata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Japan, Mie, Okino-Shima, on coral fans, at 125 m depth, collected March 1986, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)