Lovellona

Lovellona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitromorphidae.

Description

Lovellona reproduce sexually. "Dead Lovellona form shallow marine sediments".

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with a valid name are included within the genus Lovellona:

• Lovellona atramentosa <small>(Reeve, 1849)</small>
• Lovellona biconus <small>Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009</small>
• Lovellona carbonaria <small>Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009</small>
• Lovellona elongata <small>Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009</small>
• Lovellona grandis <small>Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009</small>
• Lovellona peaseana <small>Finlay, 1927</small>

References

• Iredale, Tom. "More molluscan name-changes, generic and specific." Journal of Molluscan Studies 12.6 (1917): 322-330
• Chino, M. & Stahlschmidt, P., 2009. - New turrid species of the Mitromorpha-complex (Gastropoda: Clathurellinae) from the Philippines and Japan. Visaya: 63-82

External links

• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mitromorphidae