Aclyvolva lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Description The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 35 mm.
The aperture is narrow, except towards the anterior, where the outer lip is bent outward. The base of the shell is flat and the inner lip is edged with a reddish line.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the central Indo-Pacific area including areas such as India, Japan, New Guinea and New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.
References
Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1–117. Fehse, D. (1999). Studies on Ovulidae and Triviidae of Mozambique and Réunion. La Conchiglia. 31 (292): 47-55, 63. Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
External links Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Descriptions of some new species of Ovulum in the collection of H. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 16 ("1848"): 135-136 Reijnen B.T. & Van der Meij S.E.T. (2019). Systematics of the subfamily Aclyvolvinae (Caenogastropoda: Ovulidae) based on molecular and morphometric analyses. Journal of Molluscan Studies