WoRMS taxon details
Phenacovolva aurantia (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
431227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431227)
accepted
Species
Delonovolva labroguttata (F. A. Schilder, 1969) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dissona aurantium (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) · unaccepted
Ovulum (Birostra) aurantium G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 · unaccepted (basionym)
Ovulum aurantium G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pellasimnia aurantia (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) · unaccepted
Phenacovolva labroguttata F. A. Schilder, 1969 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Ovulum (Birostra) aurantium G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1889). Some further notes on marine shells collected at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with descriptions of some new species. Journal of Conchology. 6(1): 6-15, pl. 1. [9 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566804
page(s): 11, pl. 1 fig. 15 [details]
page(s): 11, pl. 1 fig. 15 [details]
Type locality contained in Port Elizabeth
type locality contained in Port Elizabeth [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phenacovolva aurantia (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431227 on 2025-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Phenacovolva labroguttata F. A. Schilder, 1969) Schilder, F. A. (1969). Eine neue Phenacovolva aus Südafrika (Cypraeacea: Ovulidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 99(3-4): 209-211. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Ovulum (Birostra) aurantium G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1889). Some further notes on marine shells collected at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with descriptions of some new species. Journal of Conchology. 6(1): 6-15, pl. 1. [9 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566804
page(s): 11, pl. 1 fig. 15 [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
[request]original description (of Ovulum (Birostra) aurantium G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1889). Some further notes on marine shells collected at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with descriptions of some new species. Journal of Conchology. 6(1): 6-15, pl. 1. [9 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566804
page(s): 11, pl. 1 fig. 15 [details]
basis of record Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
Other
additional source
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 56 [details]
additional source Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 141. [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 36 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
additional source Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 141. [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 36 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Type locality
- type locality contained in Port Elizabeth [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
- From editor or global species database
- Indian Ocean
- South Africa
