Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Rosewater's Egg Cowrie
Primovula rosewateri
Rosewater's Egg Cowrie
Category: Allied Cowries
Scientific Name: Primovula rosewateri
Size: Up to 0.6 in. (1.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Australia
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Gastropoda (Class) Gastropods
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass) Caenogastropods
  └Littorinimorpha (Order)
   └Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) Cowries and Ovulids
    └Ovulidae (Family) Allied Cowries
     └Primovula (Genus)
      └P. rosewateri (Species)
WoRMS ID: 430710🔗
iNaturalist ID: 685038🔗

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