Phenacovolva brevirostris
- Water temperature18–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, March, and April
- How commonRare
About this species
Phenacovolva brevirostris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Phenacovolva brevirostris”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- シュスヅツミ
- Korean
- 두툼꽈배기두루마리고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 短菱角螺
Other scientific names: Ovula sowerbyana, Ovulum spelta, Radius brevirostris, Simnia brevirostris, Simnia sowerbyana, Volva brevirostris
Similar species
- Nectar Spindle Cowrie
Phenacovolva nectarea
- Common egg cowrie
Ovula ovum
Common calpurnusCalpurnus verrucosus
- Pink allied cowry
Aclyvolva coarctata
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 56 open-data records from 1817 to 1993.
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