Primovula roseomaculata

Primovula roseomaculata
A live individual of Primovula roseomaculata in situ, head end towards the upper right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Prionovolvinae
Genus:	Primovula
Subgenus:	[citation needed]
Species:	P. roseomaculata
Binomial name
Primovula roseomaculata (Schepman, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
Amphiperas rosemaculata Schepman, 1909 Primovula kurodai Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973 Primovula roseomaculata florida (Kuroda, 1958) Primovula roseomaculata roseomaculata (Schepman, 1909) Primovula sinomaris Cate, 1973 Pseudosimnia florida Kuroda, 1958

Primovula roseomaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

As is the case in most ovulids, in life, the mantle completely covers the shell almost all of the time.

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