Traits taxon details
original description
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. page(s): 22, 108 [details]
taxonomy source
Nocella, E.; Zvonareva, S. S.; Fassio, G.; Pica, D.; Buge, B.; Villa, R.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2024). Spicy food for the egg-cowries: the evolution of corallivory in the Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1323156 page(s): 16; note: moved from subfamily Simniinae to subfamily Prionovolvinae [details]
additional source
Dolin L. & Dockery III D.T. (2018). The Cypraeidae and Ovulidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) from the Cook Mountain Formation (Bartonian, Middle Eocene) of the Gulf coastal plain, southern United States: A province of unsuspected generic origins. <em>Southeastern Geology.</em> 53(1): 41-61., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325952403_The_Cypraeidae_and_Ovulidae_Mollusca_Caenogastropoda_from_the_cook_mountain_formation_Bartonian_Middle_Eocene_of_the_gulf_coastal_plain_Southern_United_States_A_province_of_unsuspected_generic_origins page(s): 52; note: synonymized with Cymbovula [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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