Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Common Egg Cowry
Ovula ovum
Common Egg Cowry
Category: Allied Cowries
Scientific Name: Ovula ovum
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 6-65 ft. (2-20 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  └Littorinimorpha (Order)
   └Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
    └Ovulidae (Family)
     └Ovula (Genus)

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