AfReMaS taxon details
Phenacovolva recurva (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848)
431235 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431235)
accepted
Species
Volva longirostrata Cernohorsky, 1971 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 21, pl. 6, fig. 3a, b, c; note: (see p. 17 for authorship by G.B. Sowerby II of Ovulum species) [details]
page(s): 21, pl. 6, fig. 3a, b, c; note: (see p. 17 for authorship by G.B. Sowerby II of Ovulum species) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phenacovolva recurva (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431235 on 2025-08-15
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Phenacovolva recurva (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431235 on 2025-08-15
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(of ) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 21, pl. 6, fig. 3a, b, c; note: (see p. 17 for authorship by G.B. Sowerby II of Ovulum species) [details]
original description (of Volva longirostrata Cernohorsky, 1971) Cernohorsky, W. O. (1971). Fossil and recent Cypraeacea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand with descriptions of new species. <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 8: 103–129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60797088
page(s): 126. [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
additional source Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 134. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
page(s): 21, pl. 6, fig. 3a, b, c; note: (see p. 17 for authorship by G.B. Sowerby II of Ovulum species) [details]
original description (of Volva longirostrata Cernohorsky, 1971) Cernohorsky, W. O. (1971). Fossil and recent Cypraeacea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand with descriptions of new species. <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 8: 103–129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60797088
page(s): 126. [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
additional source Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 134. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors





To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Volva longirostrata Cernohorsky, 1971)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Phenacovolva recurva (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848) Japan, Wakayama, Minabe, on soft corals, at 30-80 m depth, collected 1990, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Volva longirostrata Cernohorsky, 1971)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Volva longirostrata Cernohorsky, 1971)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Phenacovolva recurva (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848) Japan, Wakayama, Minabe, on soft corals, at 30-80 m depth, collected 1990, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Volva longirostrata Cernohorsky, 1971)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection