Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Shuttlecock Spindle Cowrie - Juvenile
Volva volva
Shuttlecock Spindle Cowrie
Category: Allied Cowries
Scientific Name: Volva volva
Size: Up to 7 in. (18 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Gastropoda (Class) Gastropods
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass) Caenogastropods
  └Littorinimorpha (Order)
   └Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) Cowries and Ovulids
    └Ovulidae (Family) Allied Cowries
     └Volva (Genus)
      └V. volva (Species)
WoRMS ID: 431078🔗
iNaturalist ID: 536573🔗

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