Crenavolva traillii, common name Traill's ovulid, 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 the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm.
Their functional group is benthos.
Their feeding type is predatory, specifically on sessile prey.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan, in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia (Queensland).
References
- Adams, A. 1855. Description of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854(22): 130âÂÂ138, pl. 28
- Schilder, F.A. 1941. Verwandtschaft und Verbreitung der Cypraeacea. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 73(2âÂÂ3): 57âÂÂ120, pl. 8-9
- Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1âÂÂ116
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
- Fehse, D. 2002. Contribution to the knowledge of the Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). X. The genus Crenavolva Cate, 1973. La Conchiglia 34(303): 23âÂÂ55
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
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