Egg Cowries - Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Ovulinae
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Pink-mouth Egg Cowrie - Ovula costallata
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Common Egg Cowrie - Ovula ovum
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Angas Volva - Pellasimia angasi
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Pellasimia brunneiterma
Pellasimia improcera
Nectar Spindle Cowrie - Phenacovolva nectarea
Rosy Spindle Cowrie - Phenacovolva rosea
Shuttlecock Egg Cowrie - Volva volva
Subfamily: Pediculariinae
Pedicularia sp.
Subfamily: Prionovolvinae
Little Egg Cowrie - Calpurnus verrucosa
Beautiful Egg Cowrie - Crenovolva aureola
Draper's Egg Cowrie - Cuspivolva draperi
Howland's Egg Cowrie - Cuspivolva howlandae
Cuspivolva queenslandica
Tiger Egg Cowrie - Cuspivolva tigris
Diminovula aurantiomacula
Ridged Egg Cowrie - Diminovula culmen
Margarita Egg Cowrie - Diminovula margarita
Diminovula whitworthi
Cavanagh's Egg Cowrie - Globovula cavanaghi
Rosewater's Egg Cowrie - Primovula rosewateri
Fruit Egg Cowrie - Prionovolva brevis
Procalpurnus lacteus
Procalpurnus semistriatus
Prosimnia semperi
Testudovolva brevis
Testudovolva ericae
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
> Class: Gastropoda (Gastropods)
> Subclass: Caenogastropoda (Caenogastropods)
> Order: Littorinimorpha
> Superfamily: Cypraeoidea (Cowries and Ovulids)
> Family: Ovulidae (Egg Cowries)
> Subfamily: Ovulinae
> Genus: Ovula
> Species: O. costellata - Pink-mouth Egg Cowrie
> Species: O. ovum - Common Egg Cowrie
> Genus: Pellasimnia
> Species: P. angasi - Angas Volva
> Species: P. brunneiterma
> Species: P. improcera
> Genus: Phenacovolva (Spindle Cowries)
> Species: P. nectarea - Nectar Spindle Cowrie
> Species: P. rosea - Rosy Spindle Cowrie
> Genus: Volva
> Species: V. volva - Shuttlecock Egg Cowrie
> Subfamily: Pediculariinae
> Genus: Pedicularia
> Species: ?
> Subfamily: Prionovolvinae
> Genus: Calpurnus
> Species: C. verrucosa - Little Egg Cowrie
> Genus: Crenovolva
> Species: C. aureola - Beautiful Egg Cowrie
> Genus: Cuspivolva
> Species: C. draperi - Draper's Egg Cowrie
> Species: C. howlandae - Howland's Egg Cowrie
> Species: C. queenslandica
> Species: C. tigris - Tiger Egg Cowrie
> Genus: Diminovula
> Species: D. aurantiomacula
> Species: D. culmen - Ridged Egg Cowrie
> Species: D. margarita - Margarita Egg Cowrie
> Species: D. whitworthi
> Genus: Globovula
> Species: G. cavanaghi - Cavanagh's Egg Cowrie
> Genus: Primovula
> Species: P. rosewateri - Rosewater's Egg Cowrie
> Genus: Prionovolva
> Species: P. brevis - Fruit Egg Cowrie
> Genus: Procalpurnus
> Species: P. lacteus
> Species: P. semistriatus
> Genus: Prosimnia
> Species: P. semperi
> Genus: Testudovolva
> Species: T. brevis
> Species: T. ericae
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