Species Aclyvolva coarctata (Sowerby II in Adams & Reeve, 1848)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ovulum coarctata Sowerby 1848. II. In, Adams, A. (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher during the years 1843–1846. London : Reeve, Benham & Reeve. [21, pl. 6, figs 2a, 2b].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1879.2.26.147, "Straits of Sunda, near Java".
• Hiatavolva rugosa Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [87, text fig. 197].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, off Minabe, Kii Peninsula, Japan.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651.

 

Generic Combinations

• Hiata coarctata (Sowerby II in Adams & Reeve, 1848) [new combination]. —
  Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [88, fig. 199]
• Hiatavolva coarctata (Sowerby II in Adams & Reeve, 1848). —
  Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [135, pls 191, A356-A361]
• Aclyvolva coarctata (Sowerby II in Adams & Reeve, 1848). —
  Reijnen, B.T. & Van der Meij S.E.T. 2019. Systematics of the subfamily Aclyvolvinae (Caenogastropoda, Ovulidae) based on molecular and morphometric analyses. The Journal of Molluscan Studies 85: 336-347 [345] (new combination)
• Aclyvolva rugosa (Cate, 1973). —
  Reijnen, B.T. & Van der Meij S.E.T. 2019. Systematics of the subfamily Aclyvolvinae (Caenogastropoda, Ovulidae) based on molecular and morphometric analyses. The Journal of Molluscan Studies 85: 336-347

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific (Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, eastern South Africa)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

20-100 m, on sea whips (see Lorenz & Fehse, 2009).

 

General References

Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [88, fig. 199]

Coleman, N. 2003. 2002 Sea shells catalogue of Indo-Pacific mollusca. Queensland, Australia : Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd pp.1-144. [88]

Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [135, pls 191, A356-A361]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	11-Apr-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS)
	CYPRAEOIDEA	09-Aug-2012	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)