{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = Volva volva by Georgina Jones.jpg | image_caption = ''Volva volva'' near Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique | image2 = Volva_volva_01.JPG | image2_caption = Five views of a shell of ''Volva volva'' | genus = Volva | species = volva | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS"/> | synonyms = *''Bulla volva'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> *''Ovula aspera'' <small>Perry, 1811</small> *''Ovula textoria'' <small>Röding, 1798</small> *''Volva lemurica'' <small>Schilder, 1941</small> *''Volva volva volva'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> }}
'''''Volva volva''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae (false cowries).<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|431078|''Volva volva'' (Linnaeus, 1758)|||WoRMS (2009). Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431078</nowiki> on 5 June 2010}}</ref> In Australia the shells are commonly referred to as a shuttle or spindle egg cowry.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stone |first=Sharman Nance |title=Australian sea shells |date=1979 |publisher=Budget Books in association with Lloyd O'Neil |isbn=0908505094 |oclc=27572625}}</ref>
==Description== The shell of ''Volva volva'' ranges between {{cvt|45|and|186|mm}} in length. The canals are long and narrow, while the body whorl is about one-third or less of the shell length.<ref name="Harasewych">{{cite book |last1=Harasewych |first1=M. G. |last2=Moretzsohn |first2=Fabio |title=The Book of Shells: A Life-Size Guide to Identifying and Classifying Six Hundred Seashells |date=2010 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0226315775 |page=343}}</ref> These canals can be straight or curved and the colour of the shell varies from a pale cream to light pink.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scase |first=Robert |title=The world of shells |last2=Storey |first2=Eric |date=1975 |publisher=Osprey |isbn=978-0-85045-222-8 |location=Berkshire}}</ref>
==Distribution== ''Volva volva'' is found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.<ref name="eol">{{EOL|593692|Volva volva}}</ref>
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Category:Ovulidae Category:Gastropods described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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