Aclyvolva coarctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the central Indo-Pacific area like for example in India, Japan, New Guinea and New Caledonia. The holotype was found in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia.
References
External links
- Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls
- Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117
- Azuma, M.; Cate, C. N. (1971). Sixteen new species and one new genus of Japanese Ovulidae. Veliger. 13(3): 261âÂÂ268.
- Reijnen B.T. & Van der Meij S.E.T. (2019). Systematics of the subfamily Aclyvolvinae (Caenogastropoda: Ovulidae) based on molecular and morphometric analyses. Journal of Molluscan Studies