Lunovula finleyi
Shell of Lunovula finleyi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Lunovula
Species:
L. finleyi
Binomial name
Lunovula finleyi
Rosenberg, 1990

Lunovula finleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu Archipelago.

References

  • Rosenberg, G. (1990). Lunovula, a new genus of the Ovulidae (Prosobranchia: Gastropoda). Venus. 49: 189–197.
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
  • Lorenz F. & Bouchet P. (2018). A new species of Lunovula from the South Pacific (Gastropoda: Ovulidae, Pediculariinae). Conchylia. 48(3-4): 15-18


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