Lovellona Iredale 1917

Lovellona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitromorphidae.^[1]

Description

Lovellona reproduce sexually. "Dead Lovellona form shallow marine sediments".^[2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with a valid name are included within the genus Lovellona:^[1]

• Lovellona atramentosa (Reeve, 1849)
• Lovellona biconus Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009
• Lovellona carbonaria Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009
• Lovellona elongata Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009
• Lovellona grandis Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009
• Lovellona peaseana Finlay, 1927

References

• Iredale, Tom. "More molluscan name-changes, generic and specific." Journal of Molluscan Studies 12.6 (1917): 322-330
• Chino, M. & Stahlschmidt, P., 2009. - New turrid species of the Mitromorpha-complex (Gastropoda: Clathurellinae) from the Philippines and Japan. Visaya: 63-82