Families Ovulidae and Pediculariidae

Ovulidae

The family Ovulidae is represented by only a few species in the Marshalls, and several of those are known only from tiny empty shells sorted out of bags of "grunge" (sandy rubble) brought up from the bases of seaward reef cliffs.

Aclyvolva coarctata	Aclyvolva lanceolata	Aclyvolva sp.
Archivolva clava	Archivolva lissenungensis	Calpurnus verrucosus
Crenavolva philippei	Dentiovula dorsuosa	Dentiovula cf dorsuosa
Naviculavolva kurziana	Naviculavolva malaita	Ovula ovum
Pellasimnia annabelae	Phenacovolva poppei	Phenacovolva rosea
Primovula rosewateri	Procalpurnus lacteus	Procalpurnus semistriatus
Prosimnia draconis

Pediculariidae

Pedicularia pacifica

Pedicularia vanderlandi

Pseudocypraea adamsonii

More ovulids from:

Anilao, Philippines
Bali, Indonesia

Our thanks to Brian Mayes for assistance with several of our problems IDs.

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