PHENACOVOLVA BARBIERI - (LORENZ & FEHSE, 2009)
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Ovulidae (Family) > Ovulinae (Subfamily) > Phenacovolva (Genus)
Dalmation spindle cowrie,
Description
2-3cm. Shell thin and pointed at the ends. Shell color orange, yellow (also red to violet) with a white bar across the middle of the shell. Body translucent with yellow protruding bumps and irregular black spots all over. Foot white with black line in the middle.Tentacles banded white and black. It has a fan-like flap near the head that is yellow with a black margin.
Similar species
Phenacovolva schmidi (Fehse & Wiese, 1993)
Primovula formosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848)
Dalmation spindle cowrie,
Description
2-3cm. Shell thin and pointed at the ends. Shell color orange, yellow (also red to violet) with a white bar across the middle of the shell. Body translucent with yellow protruding bumps and irregular black spots all over. Foot white with black line in the middle.Tentacles banded white and black. It has a fan-like flap near the head that is yellow with a black margin.
Similar species
Phenacovolva schmidi (Fehse & Wiese, 1993)
Primovula formosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848)