# Volva volva

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Volva volva by Georgina Jones.jpg
| image_caption = ''Volva volva'' near [Ponta do Ouro](/source/Ponta_do_Ouro), [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique)
| image2 = Volva_volva_01.JPG 
| image2_caption = Five views of a [shell](/source/gastropod_shell) of ''Volva volva''
| genus = Volva
| species = volva
| authority = ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS"/>
| synonyms = *''Bulla volva'' <small>[Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)</small>
*''Ovula aspera'' <small>[Perry](/source/George_Perry_(naturalist)), 1811</small>
*''Ovula textoria'' <small>[Röding](/source/Peter_Friedrich_R%C3%B6ding), 1798</small>
*''Volva lemurica'' <small>[Schilder](/source/Franz_Alfred_Schilder), 1941</small>
*''Volva volva volva'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))</small>
}}

'''''Volva volva''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Ovulidae](/source/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](/source/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>

==References==
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Category:Ovulidae
Category:Gastropods described in 1758
Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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