Dentiovula dorsuosa

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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.