Pyrunculus ovatus

Pyrunculus ovatus (Jeffreys, 1871)

Pyrunculus ovatus @ Artsdatabanken - Cephalaspids of Norway by Lena Tina Ohnheiser

Taxonomy

	Superdomain	Biota
	Kingdom	Animalia
	Phylum	Mollusca
	Class	Gastropoda
	Subclass	Heterobranchia
	Infraclass	Euthyneura
	Subterclass	Tectipleura
	Order	Cephalaspidea
	Superfamily	Bulloidea
	Family	Retusidae
	Genus	Pyrunculus
	Species	Pyrunculus ovatus (Jeffreys, 1871)

	Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 141125).

Synonyms

Cylichna obesiuscula Brugnone, 1877
Cylichna obscura Sykes, 1904
Cylichna ovata Jeffreys, 1871

Description

Biology

Etymology

Ovatus. From Latin “ōvum”, egg, ovate, egg-shaped.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Pyrunculus ovatus
Sources:
: OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG	: OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:	☆☆☆☆☆
Eastern Mediterranean:	☆☆☆☆☆
Atlantic Ocean:	☆☆☆☆☆

Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Pyrunculus ovatus based on our own records.

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Bibliography

Steve Long, 2006

Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000

Gary McDonald, 2009

Bibliographia Nudibranchia

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Pyrunculus ovatus" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 07/06/2015. Accessed: 19/04/2024. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=19826)

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Pyrunculus ovatus