Dentiovula dorsuosa
Dentiovula dorsuosa is a sea snail in the Ovulidae family, also known as ovulids, cowry allies, or false cowries. It is a mollusk in the class Gastropoda.
Taxonomy:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Gastropoda
- Subclass: Caenogastropoda
- Order: Littorinimorpha
- Family: Ovulidae
- Genus: Dentiovula
- Species: dorsuosa
Binomial name: Dentiovula dorsuosa (Hinds, 1844)
Synonym: Ovulum dorsuosum Hinds, 1844
A photo shows a live individual on its prey in Metinaro, East Timor.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 12:49 (CET).