Aclyvolva
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Aclyvolva is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Ovulidae
Ovulidae
Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies.-Distribution:...

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Species

Species within the genus Aclyvolva include:
  • Aclyvolva granularis Ma, 1986
  • Aclyvolva lanceolata
    Aclyvolva lanceolata
    Aclyvolva lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 35 mm.-References:...

    (G.B. Sowerby II, 1848)
  • Aclyvolva nicolamassierae
    Aclyvolva nicolamassierae
    Aclyvolva nicolamassierae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries....

    Fehse, 1999

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Aclyvolva clara Cate, 1973 : synonym of Calcarovula gracillima
    Calcarovula gracillima
    Calcarovula gracillima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries....

    (E. A. Smith, 1901)
  • Aclyvolva haynesi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889) : synonym of Pellasimnia angasi
    Pellasimnia angasi
    Pellasimnia angasi , common name Angas's volva, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 38 mm....

    (Reeve, 1865)
  • Aclyvolva lamyi (F.A. Schilder, 1932): synonym of Pellasimnia angasi
    Pellasimnia angasi
    Pellasimnia angasi , common name Angas's volva, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 38 mm....

    (Reeve, 1865)
  • Aclyvolva vulgaris Ma, 1986 : synonym of Hiatavolva coarctata
    Hiatavolva coarctata
    Hiatavolva coarctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries....

    (G.B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)

Nomen dubium
  • Aclyvolva framea Cate, 1973 (nomen dubium
    Nomen dubium
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