Ovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae.
Species Species within the genus Ovula include: Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810 Ovula ishibashii (Kuroda, 1928) Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Ovula (Neosimnia) P. Fischer, 1884: synonym of Neosimnia P. Fischer, 1884 (original rank) Ovula acicularis sensu Tryon, 1885 not Lamarck, 1810: synonym of Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) Ovula acicularis Lamarck, 1810: synonym of Cymbovula acicularis (Lamarck, 1810) (original combination) Ovula adamsi Weinkauff, 1881: synonym of Procalpurnus semistriatus (Pease, 1863) Ovula adamsii (Dunker, 1877): synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1855) Ovula adriatica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828): synonym of Aperiovula adriatica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828): synonym of Pseudosimnia adriatica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) (unaccepted generic combination) Ovula alba Perry, 1811: synonym of Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula angulosa Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810 Ovula antillarum (Reeve, 1865): synonym of Simnialena uniplicata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Ovula aspera Perry, 1811: synonym of Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula birostris (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Phenacovolva birostris (Linnaeus, 1767) Ovula birostris sensu Tryon, 1885 not Linnaeus, 1767: synonym of Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Ovula blainvillei Leach, 1847: synonym of Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) Ovula blanville Leach, 1847: synonym of Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) Ovula bullata (Gould, 1861): synonym of Globovula cavanaghi (Iredale, 1931) Ovula bullata sensu Tryon, 1885 not A. Adams & Reeve, 1848: synonym of Sandalia triticea (Lamarck, 1810) Ovula caledonica Crosse, 1871: synonym of Diminovula caledonica (Crosse, 1871) (original combination) Ovula canadiensis sensu Tryon, 1885 not Weinkauff, 1882: synonym of Simnialena uniplicata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Ovula carnea (Poiret, 1789): synonym of Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789) Ovula carolinensis Mörch, 1877: synonym of Simnialena uniplicata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Ovula cepula Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789) (synonym) Ovula columba Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829: synonym of Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810 Ovula cristallina Kiener, 1843: synonym of Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865) Ovula cumingi Mörch, 1850: synonym of Diminovula concinna (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848) Ovula cygnea Röding, 1798: synonym of Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula deflexa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849): synonym of Naviculavolva deflexa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Ovula dentata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807: synonym of Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789) (synonym) Ovula dentata sensu Angas, 1887 not G. B. Sowerby II, 1848: synonym of Crenavolva traillii (A. Adams, 1856) Ovula formosa sensu Verco, 1935 not G. B. Sowerby II, 1848: synonym of Cuspivolva platysia (C. N. Cate, 1973) Ovula haliotidea Blainville, 1825: synonym of Pseudosimnia adriatica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) (synonym) Ovula hervieri Hedley, 1899: synonym of Habuprionovolva hervieri (Hedley, 1899) (original combination) Ovula hirasei Pilsbry, 1913: synonym of Quasisimnia hirasei (Pilsbry, 1913) Ovula hordacea Kiener, 1843: synonym of Neosimnia avena (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833): synonym of Simnia avena (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Ovula inflexa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Simnialena rufa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Ovula insculpta Odhner, 1919: synonym of Phenacovolva insculpta (Odhner, 1919) Ovula intermedia sensu Tryon, 1885 not G. B. Sowerby I, 1828: synonym of Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) Ovula ishibashii auctt.: synonym of Ovula isibasii (Kuroda, 1929) (unjustified emendation) Ovula lactea Lamarck, 1810: synonym of Procalpurnus lacteus (Lamarck, 1810) (original combination) Ovula lactea sensu Tryon, 1885 not Lamarck, 1810: synonym of Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865) Ovula loebbeckeana Weinkauff, 1881: synonym of Simnia loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1881) (original combination) Ovula lutea Pallary, 1900: synonym of Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula margarita sensu A. Adams, 1854 not G. B. Sowerby I, 1828: synonym of Diminovula concinna (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848) Ovula nigerina Dufo, 1840: synonym of Crenavolva striatula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Ovula nipponensis Pilsbry, 1913: synonym of Testudovolva nipponensis (Pilsbry, 1913) Ovula obsoleta Locard, 1891: synonym of Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) Ovula oviformis Lamarck, 1801: synonym of Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula papyracea Fischer von Waldheim, 1807: synonym of Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula pennantiana Leach, 1847: synonym of Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) Ovula perla Röding, 1798: synonym of Calpurnus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) Ovula pharetra Perry, 1811: synonym of Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula philippinarum sensu Tryon, 1885 not G. B. Sowerby II, 1849: synonym of Phenacovolva rosea (A. Adams, 1855) Ovula pudica sensu Tryon, 1885 not A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Diminovula caledonica (Crosse, 1871) Ovula punctata Duclos, 1828: synonym of Diminovula punctata (Duclos, 1828) (original combination) Ovula pygmaea G. B. Sowerby I, 1828: synonym of Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula rhodia (A. Adams, 1854): synonym of Sandalia triticea (Lamarck, 1810) Ovula rosea Pallary, 1900: synonym of Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula rosea Rossiter, 1883: synonym of Aclyvolva lanceolata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Ovula roseocarnea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883: synonym of Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula rostrata Mörch, 1877: synonym of Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula rufula Mollerat, 1890: synonym of Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789) Ovula seccato G. B. Sowerby I, 1834: synonym of Cyphoma intermedium (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Ovula semperi Weinkauff, 1881: synonym of Prosimnia semperi (Weinkauff, 1881) (original combination) Ovula sowerbyana Weinkauff, 1881: synonym of Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817) Ovula sowerbyana sensu Tryon, 1885 not Weinkauff, 1881: synonym of Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) Ovula spelta (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula striata Lamarck, 1810: synonym of Volva striata (Lamarck, 1810) Ovula textoria Röding, 1798: synonym of Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758) Ovula tortilis Deshayes, 1844: synonym of Ovula angulosa Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Ovula costellata Lamarck, 1810 Ovula triticea Lamarck, 1810: synonym of Sandalia triticea (Lamarck, 1810) Ovula triticea Lamarck, 1810 sensu Payraudeau, 1826: synonym of Simnia nicaeensis Risso, 1826: synonym of Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) (misapplication) Ovula triticea P. J. Fischer, 1927: synonym of Prosimnia semperi (Weinkauff, 1881) Ovula tuberculosa Gray & G. B. Sowerby II, 1839: synonym of Crenavolva striatula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Ovula uniplicata sensu Tryon, 1885 not G. B. Sowerby II, 1848: synonym of Neosimnia loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1881): synonym of Simnia loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1881)
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Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. Sowerby, G. B., I. (1828). On the recent species of the genus Ovulum. Zoological Journal. 4: 145-162