Belongs within: Cypraeoidea.
The Ovulidae, egg and spindle cowries, are a group of marine gastropods with usually brightly coloured and patterned mantles that live and feed on the polyps of cnidarians (Wilson & Gillett 1971).
Ovulidae [Eocypraeidae, Eocypraeinae, Ovuladae, Ovuloidea]
|--Jenneriinae BR05
| |--Cyproglobina de Gregorio 1880 [Cyproglobinini] BR05
| `--Jenneria Jousseaume 1884 M03, BR05
| `--J. pustulata (Lightfoot 1786) M03
`--+--Pseudocypraea Schilder 1927 M03, BR05 [Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudocypraeini]
| `--P. adamsonii Sowerby 1832 M03
`--Ovulinae M03
|--Eocypraea Cossmann 1903 [Eocypraeini] BR05
`--Ovulini BR05
|--Amphiperas Gray 1847 [Amphiperatidae] BR05
|--Volva Röding 1798 [Volvinae, Volvini] BR05
| |--*V. volva Linnaeus 1758 WG71
| |--V. kilburni Cate 1975 BC01
| |--V. nectarea Iredale 1930 WG71
| `--V. philippinarum Sowerby 1848 WG71
|--Simnia Risso 1826 [Simniinae, Simniini] BR05
| |--S. acicularis Lamarck 1811 O27
| |--S. aequalis Sowerby 1832 M03
| |--S. deflexa [=Ovula (Simnia) deflexa] O27
| |--S. patula WG71
| |--S. variabilis Adams 1850 O27
| `--S. vidleri Sowerby 1881 [=Ovulum vidleri] O27
`--Ovula Bruguière 1789 BR05
|--O. brevis Sowerby 1830 H09
|--O. costellata Lamarck 1810 WG71
|--O. margarita Sowerby 1849 H09
|--O. ovum (Linné 1758) S11 [=Bulla ovum H09, Amphiperas ovum WG71]
|--O. punctata Duclos 1830 H09
|--O. tortilis (Martyn 1784) [=Cypraea tortilis] H09
`--O. volva (Linnaeus 1758) [=Bulla volva] H09
Ovulidae incertae sedis:
Neosimnia Fischer 1884 WG71
|--N. barbarensis (Dall 1892) [=Ovula (Simnia) deflexa barbarense, Simnia (Neosimnia) barbarensis] O27
|--N. catalinensis (Berry 1816) [=Simnia (Neosimnia) catalinensis] O27
|--N. depressa Sowerby 1875 WG71
|--N. quaylei S59
`--N. uniplicata (Sowerby 1848) [=Simnia (Neosimnia) uniplicata] O27
Primovula Thiele 1925 WG71
`--P. (Primovula) howlandae Cate 1974 BC01
Diminovula Iredale 1930 WG71
|--D. nielseni (Cate 1976) [=Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) nielseni] BC01
`--D. punctata (Duclos 1831) [=Primovula (Diminovula) punctata] WG71
Calpurnus Montfort 1810 WG71
|--C. lacteus Lamarck 1810 BW09
`--C. verrucosus (Linné 1758) S11
Prionovolva Iredale 1930 WG71
|--P. brevis Sowerby 1828 M03
`--P. cavanaghi Iredale 1931 WG71
Phenacovolva MG-H11
|--P. (Turbovula) greenbergae Cate 1974 BC01
|--P. haynesi (Sowerby 1889) MG-H11
|--P. (Turbovolva) kashiwajimensis Cate & Azuma in Cate 1973 BC01
|--P. tokioi Cate 1973 M03
|--P. (Calcaria) wakayamaensis Cate & Azuma in Cate 1973 BC01
`--P. (Pellasimnia) weaveri Cate 1973 BC01, M03
|--P. w. weaveri BC01
`--P. w. pseudogracilis Cate & Azuma in Cate 1973 BC01
Prosimnia semperi (Weinkauff 1881) BW09
Xandraovula pagoda Cate 1973 MG-H11
Adamantia BC01
|--A. florida Kuroda 1958 M03
`--A. horai (Cardin 1994) [=Primovula (Adamantia) horai] BC01
Crenavolva BC01
|--C. (Cuspivolva) baltea Cate 1973 BC01
|--C. rosewateri Cate 1973 M03
`--C. tokuoi Azuma 1989 M03
Cymbovula queenslandica Cate 1974 BC01
Cyphoma BC01
|--C. gibbosum (Linné 1758) S11
|--C. rhomba Cate 1978 BC01
`--C. signatum Pilsbry & McGinty 1939 S11
Dentiovula spectabilis Cate 1975 BC01
Kuroshiovolva Azuma & Cate 1971 BC01
`--*K. shingoi Azuma & Cate 1971 BC01
Pseudosimnia wieseorum Lorenz 1987 BC01, ES88
Pseudocyphoma intermedium (Sowerby 1828) S11
Simnialena uniplicata (Sowerby 1848) S11
Cymbula acicularis (Lamarck 1810) S11
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[BR05] Bouchet, P., & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47 (1–2): 1–397.
[BC01] Boyko, C. B., & J. R. Cordeiro. 2001. Catalog of Recent type specimens in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History. V. Mollusca, part 2 (class Gastropoda [exclusive of Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata], with supplements to Gastropoda [Opisthobranchia], and Bivalvia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 262: 1-170.
[BW09] Bryce, C., & C. Whisson. 2009. The macromolluscs of Mermaid (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 77: 177–208.
[ES88] Emerson, W. K., & W. E. Sage III. 1988. A new species of Vasum (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) from off Somalia. Nautilus 102 (1): 36–39.
[H09] Hedley, C. 1909. The Marine Fauna of Queensland: Address by the President of Section D. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: Brisbane.
[MG-H11] McEnnulty, F. R., K. L. Gowlett-Holmes, A. Williams, F. Althaus, J. Fromont, G. C. B. Poore, T. D. O’Hara, L. Marsh, P. Kott, S. Slack-Smith, P. Alderslade & M. V. Kitahara. 2011. The deepwater megabenthic invertebrates on the western continental margin of Australia (100–1100 m depths): composition, distribution and novelty. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 80: 1–191.
[M03] Meyer, C. P. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 79: 401–459.
[O27] Oldroyd, I. S. 1927. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America vol. II pt II. Stanford University Press: Stanford University (California).
[S11] Simone, L. R. L. 2011. Phylogeny of the Caenogastropoda (Mollusca), based on comparative morphology. Arquivos de Zoologia 42 (4): 161–323.
[S59] Stohler, R. 1959. Range extensions of some west N. A. marines. Nautilus 72 (4): 127–130.
[WG71] Wilson, B. R., & K. Gillett. 1971. Australian Shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. A. H. & A. W. Reed: Sydney.
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