Dentiovula dorsuosa

Dentiovula dorsuosa
	A live individual of Dentiovula dorsuosa, in situ on its prey species, in Metinaro, East Timor.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Prionovolvinae
Genus:	Dentiovula
Species:	D. dorsuosa
Binomial name
	Dentiovula dorsuosa; (Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
	Ovulum dorsuosum Hinds, 1844;

Dentiovula dorsuosa is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

References

Dentiovula dorsuosa (Hinds, 1844). WoRMS (2009). Dentiovula dorsuosa (Hinds, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430767 on 5 June 2010 .

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