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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Cypraeoidea

Familia: Ovulidae
Subfamilia: Eocypraeinae
Genus: Testudovolva

Testudovolva is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae.[1]
Species

Species within the genus Testudovolva include:

Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani & Calo, 2002)
Testudovolva intricata Cate, 1973
Testudovolva nebula (Azuma & Cate, 1971)[2]
Testudovolva nipponensis (Pilsbry, 1913)[3]
Testudovolva orientis Cate, 1973[4]
Testudovolva pulchella H. Adams, 1874[5]

Synonymized species

Testudovolva freemani (Liltved & Millard, 1994):[6] synonym of Prionovolva freemani Liltved & Millard, 1994
Testudovolva quaestio Cate, 1973: synonym of Testudovolva intricata Cate, 1973
Testudovolva somaliensis Fehse, 2001 : synonym of Margovula somaliensis (Fehse, 2001)

References

Testudovolva Cate, 1973. WoRMS (2009). Testudovolva Cate, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430489 on 20 January 2011 .
Testudovolva nebula (Azuma & Cate, 1971). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
Testudovolva nipponensis (Pilsbry, 1913). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
Testudovolva orientis Cate, 1973. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
Testudovolva pulchella H. Adams, 1874. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
Testudovolva freemani (Liltved & Millard, 1994). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.

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