Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Rosewater's Egg Cowry
Primovula rosewateri
Rosewater's Egg Cowry
Category: Allied Cowries
Scientific Name: Primovula rosewateri
Size: Up to 0.6 in. (1.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Australia
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  └Littorinimorpha (Order)
   └Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
    └Ovulidae (Family)
     └Primovula (Genus)
      └P. rosewateri (Species)

Gastropods
Allied Cowries

Rosewater's Egg Cowry

Shuttlecock Spindle Cowry

Ridged Egg Cowrie

Margarita Egg Cowrie

Common Egg Cowry

Rosy Spindle Cowry



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