Calcarovula arthritica

Calcarovula arthritica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Calcarovula arthritica
Shell of Calcarovula arthritica (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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C. arthritica
Binomial name
Calcarovula arthritica
Lorenz & Fehse, 2009

Distribution

This marine specie soccurs off Fiji.

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References

  1. Calcarovula arthritica Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. WoRMS (2009). Calcarovula arthritica Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431172 on 5 June 2010 .
  • 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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