MarBEF Data System


WoRMS name details

Ovula obsoleta Locard, 1891

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-33928)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-33928)

432138  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432138)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Ovulidae (Family)
  9. Ovulinae (Subfamily)
  10. Ovula (Genus)
  11. Ovula obsoleta (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine
Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 36 [details] 
Note not stated [Mediterranean coast of France]  
From editor or global species database
Type locality not stated [Mediterranean coast of France] [details]
Nomenclature based on Ovula obtusa Sowerby, sensu Locard, 1886  
Nomenclature based on Ovula obtusa Sowerby, sensu Locard, 1886 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ovula obsoleta Locard, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432138 on 2025-04-05
Date
action
by
2009-12-01 08:22:12Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2014-01-31 07:34:01Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2022-07-17 00:14:37Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License


Nomenclature

original description Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 36 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details] 

source of synonymy 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] 

From editor or global species database
Nomenclature based on Ovula obtusa Sowerby, sensu Locard, 1886 [details]

Type locality not stated [Mediterranean coast of France] [details]
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-33928) 
To PESI 
From editor or global species database
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-33928)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-33928)
Hosted externally
Web site hosted and maintained by Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) - Contact