All Species
164 Species in Family Ovulidae
Nominal species list for Ovulidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Aclyvolva lamyi (Schilder, 1932)
Aclyvolva lanceolata (Sowerby, 1848) Ovulid
Aperiovula abbotti Cate, 1973
Aperiovula adriatica (Sowerby, 1828)
Aperiovula jeanae Cate, 1973
Calcarovula gracillima (Smith, 1901)
Calcarovula ildiko Lorenz, 2006
Calcarovula longirostrata (Sowerby, 1828) Long-snouted volva
Calcarovula mikado (Kurohara & Habe, 1991)
Calpurnus lacteus (Lamarck, 1810) White stony ovula
Calpurnus verrucosus (Linneaus, 1758) Umbilical ovula
Carpiscula bullata Sowerby, 1848
Crenavolva formosa (Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Crenavolva leopardus Fehse, 2002
Crenavolva periopsis Cate, 1978
Crenavolva rosewateri Cate, 1973
Crenavolva striatula (Sowerby I, 1828)
Crenavolva tinctura (Garrard, 1963)
Crenavolva tokuoi Azuma, 1989
Crenavolva traillii (Adams, 1855)
Cuspivolva allynsmithi (Cate, 1978)
Cuspivolva azumai (Cate, 1970)
Cuspivolva cuspis Cate, 1973
Cuspivolva draperi (Cate, 1973)
Cuspivolva platysia (Cate, 1973)
Cuspivolva tigris (Yamamoto, 1971) Tiger egg cowrie
Cymbovula acicularis (Lamarck, 1810) West Indian simnia
Cyphoma alleneae Cate, 1973
Cyphoma aureocinctum (Dall, 1889) Gold-line Cyphoma
Cyphoma bartschi (Cate, 1973)
Cyphoma christahemmenae (Fehse, 1997)
Cyphoma emarginatum (Sowerby, 1830)
Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) Flamingo tounge snail
Cyphoma intermedium (Sowerby, 1828)
Cyphoma lindae Petuch, 1987
Cyphoma macumba Petuch, 1979
Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939 Purple flamingo tongue
Cyphoma rhomba Cate, 1978 Bullroarer Cyphoma
Cyphoma roamoralesi Macsotay & Campos, 2001
Cyphoma sedlaki Cate, 1976
Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939 Fingerprint Cyphoma
Cyphoma versicolor Fehse, 2003
Delonovolva aequalis Sowerby, 1832 Simnia
Dentiovula colobica (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Dentiovula dorsuosa (Hinds, 1844)
Dentiovula eizoi Cate & Azuma, 1973
Dentiovula horai (Cardin, 1994)
Dentiovula mariae (Schilder, 1941)
Dentiovula masaoi Cate, 1973
Dentiovula nix Fehse, 2022
Dentiovula oryza (Omi & Clover, 2005)
Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1856)
Diminovula anulata Fehse, 2001
Diminovula aurantiomacula (Cate & Azuma, 1973)
Diminovula culmen (Cate, 1973) Ridged egg cowry
Diminovula dautzenbergi (Schilder, 1931)
Diminovula filia (Azuma, 1979)
Diminovula incisa (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Diminovula margarita (Sowerby, 1828)
Diminovula perilla (Cate, 1973)
Diminovula punctata (Duclos, 1831)
Diminovula stigma (Cate, 1978)
Dissona tosaensis (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Habuprionovolva choshiensis Cate, 1973
Hiata depressa (Sowerby III, 1875)
Hiatavolva coarctata (Sowerby, 1848) Pink allied cowrie
Hiatavolva rugosa Cate & Azuma, 1973
Inflatovula marginata (Sowerby, 1828)
Kuroshiovolva shingoi Azuma & Cate, 1971
Margovula bimaculata (Adams, 1854)
Margovula pyriformis (Sowerby, 1828)
Margovula tinctilis Cate, 1973
Neosimnia advena (Cate, 1978)
Neosimnia aequalis (Sowerby II, 1832)
Neosimnia avena (Sowerby II, 1832)
Neosimnia barbarensis (Dall, 1892) Santa Barbara simnia
Neosimnia bellamaris Berry, 1946 Pacific simnia
Neosimnia bijuri (Cate, 1976)
Neosimnia loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1881) Loebbeck's simnia
Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ovula costella Lamarck, 1810
Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810 Pink-mouth ovula
Ovula ishibashii (Kuroda, 1928)
Ovula ishibasii Kuroda, 1728
Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758) Common egg cowrie
Pedicularia californica Newcomb, 1864 California pedicularia
Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855 Hatched pedicularia
Pedicularia tibia Simone, 2005
Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969)
Pellasimnia hasta Cate, 1973
Pellasimnia improcera (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Phenacovolva angasi (Reeve, 1865)
Phenacovolva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767) Double-snouted volva
Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817)
Phenacovolva dancei Cate, 1973
Phenacovolva lahainaensis (Cate, 1969)
Phenacovolva parvita Cate & Azuma, 1973
Phenacovolva philippinarum (Sowerby, 1848)
Phenacovolva piragua (Dall, 1889) Slender simnia
Phenacovolva poppei Fehse, 2000
Phenacovolva pseudogracilis Cate & Azuma, 1973
Phenacovolva recurva (Sowerby, 1848)
Phenacovolva rosea (Adams, 1854) Rosy spindle cowry
Phenacovolva subreflexa (Adams & Reeve, 1848) Stunted volva
Phenacovolva tayloriana (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Phenacovolva tokioi Cate, 1973 Tokio's egg shell
Phenacovolva vitrea Omi & Iino, 2005
Phenacovolva wakayamaensis Cate & Azuma, 1973
Primovula astra Omi & Iino, 2005
Primovula aureola Fehse, 2002
Primovula concinna (Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Primovula filia (Azuma, 1979)
Primovula formosa (Sowerby, 1848)
Primovula fulguris (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Primovula myrakeenae (Cate & Azuma, 1971)
Primovula roseomaculata (Schepman, 1909)
Primovula solemi Cate, 1973 Robust miniovula
Prionovolva brevis (Sowerby, 1828)
Prionovolva fruticum (Reeve, 1865)
Prionovolva nivea Cate, 1974
Prionovolva wilsoniana Cate, 1973
Procalpurnus lacteus (Linnaeus, 1810)
Procalpurnus semistriatus (Pease, 1862)
Prosimnia boshuensis Cate, 1973
Prosimnia draconis Cate, 1973
Prosimnia piriei (Petuch, 1973) Pirie's egg cowrie
Prosimnia semperi (Weinkauff, 1881)
Pseudocyphoma gibbulum Cate, 1978 Plump cyphoma
Pseudocyphoma gibsonsmithorum Petuch, 1987
Pseudocyphoma intermedium (Sowerby I, 1828) Intermediate cyphoma
Pseudocypraea adamsonii (Sowerby, 1832)
Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789) Dwarf red ovula
Pseudosimnia jaenae (Cate, 1973)
Pseudosimnia marginata (Sowerby I, 1828)
Pseudosimnia pyrifera Cate, 1973 Pear simnia
Pseudosimnia sphoni Cate, 1973
Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (Smith, 1940)
Pseudosimnia whitworthi Cate, 1973
Quasisimnia hirasei (Pilsbry, 1913)
Quasisimnia robertsoni (Cate, 1973)
Rotaovula hirohitoi Cate & Azuma, 1973
Rotaovula septemmacula (Azuma, 1971)
Sandalia rhodia (Adams, 1854)
Serratovolva dondani (Cate, 1964)
Serratovolva minabeensis (Cate, 1975)
Simnia acicularis (Lamarck, 1810) Sharp shuttle shell
Simnia aequalis Sowerby, 1832
Simnia avena unspecified
Simnia loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1881)
Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) Keys simnia
Simnia uniplicata Sowerby, 1848
Simnialena marferula Cate, 1973 Sea-whip simnia
Simnialena uniplicata (Sowerby II, 1848) One-tooth simnia
Spiculata advena Cate, 1978
Spiculata barbarensis (Dall, 1892)
Spiculata loebbeckeana (Wienkauff, 1881)
Subsimnia bellamaris (Berry, 1946)
Takasagovolva gigantea (Azuma, 1974)
Takasagovolva honkakujiana (Kuroda, 1928)
Testudovolva intricata Cate, 1973
Testudovolva nebula (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
Testudovolva nipponensis (Pilsbry, 1913)
Volva volva Linnaeus, 1758 Shuttlecock volva
Xandarovula xanthochila (Kuroda, 1928) Xanthochroid egg shell
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