Procalpurnus semistriatus

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

Procalpurnus semistriatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Ovulidae
Subfamily:
Prionovolvinae
Genus:
Procalpurnus
Species:
P. semistriatus
Binomial name
Procalpurnus semistriatus
(Pease, 1862)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphiperas semistriata Pease, 1862
  • Calpurnus lacteus semistriatus Schilder, 1941
  • Ovula adamsi Weinkauff, 1881
  • Primovula concinna Schilder, 1932
  • Procalpurnus adamsii (Reeve, 1865)

Description

References
  1. Procalpurnus semistriatus (Pease, 1862). WoRMS (2009). Procalpurnus semistriatus (Pease, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430517 on 5 June 2010 .
  • Pease W. H. (1863). Description of new species of marine shells from the Pacific Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1862): 240–243.
  • Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1–117.
  • 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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