Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Shuttlecock Spindle Cowry - Juvenile
Volva volva
Shuttlecock Spindle Cowry
Category: Allied Cowries
Scientific Name: Volva volva
Size: Up to 7 in. (18 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  └Littorinimorpha (Order)
   └Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
    └Ovulidae (Family)
     └Volva (Genus)

Gastropods
Allied Cowries

Shuttlecock Spindle Cowry

Ridged Egg Cowrie

Margarita Egg Cowrie

Common Egg Cowry

Rosy Spindle Cowry



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