WoRMS name details
Ovulum formicarium Keep, 1887
432049 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432049)
unaccepted
Species
Ovulum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 accepted as Ovula Bruguière, 1789
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Keep, J. (1887). West coast shells. A familiar description of the marine, fresh water, and land mollusks of the United States, found west of the Rocky Mountains. Bancroft Brothers, San Francisco. 1-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39712445
page(s): 61, fig. 47; note: name attributed by Keep to Sowerby [details]
page(s): 61, fig. 47; note: name attributed by Keep to Sowerby [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ovulum formicarium Keep, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432049 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Keep, J. (1887). West coast shells. A familiar description of the marine, fresh water, and land mollusks of the United States, found west of the Rocky Mountains. Bancroft Brothers, San Francisco. 1-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39712445
page(s): 61, fig. 47; note: name attributed by Keep to Sowerby [details]
page(s): 61, fig. 47; note: name attributed by Keep to Sowerby [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>Veliger.</em> 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
