Habuprionovolva aenigma Enigmatic Pearl-ovulid

Habuprionovolva aenigma is commonly referred to as Enigmatic Pearl-ovulid. Difficulty in the aquarium: 5 - Svår. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Foto: Tulamben, Bali, Indonesien

/ auf Dendronephthya-Weichkoralle // 30.12.2018
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AphiaID:: 430577

Scientific:: Habuprionovolva aenigma
German:: Enigma-Eischnecke
English:: Enigmatic Pearl-ovulid

Category:: Snäckor med skal

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Habuprionovolva (Genus) > aenigma (Species)
Initial determination:: (M. Azuma & C. N. Cate, ), 1971

Occurrence:: Arabian Sea, Bali, China, Corea, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Mozambique, New South Wales (Australia), Philippines, Raja Amat, Red Sea, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Tasman Sea, Thailand, Tulamben, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 8 - 60 Meter
Habitats:: Marine / Salt Water, On living corals
Size:: 0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,15cm)
Temperature:: 77 °F - 84.2 °F (25°C - 29°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory, Soft Corals
Difficulty:: 5 - Svår
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Habuprionovolva hervieri

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-04-18 12:43:55
Last edit:: 2025-05-03 11:16:34

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Habuprionovolva aenigma (M. Azuma & C. N. Cate, 1971)

Habuprionovolva choshiensis (C. N. Cate, 1973) was later assigned to the genus Prionovolva Prionovolva -> Prionovolva choshiensis (C. N. Cate, 1973)

Habuprionovolva aenigma is a predatory species that feeds on soft corals. The snail is regularly found on soft corals of the genus Dendronephthiidae.

Etymology:
The species name comes from Latin and means “riddle” and from ancient Greek “αἴνιγμα” “for dark speech, riddle” and probably refers to the fact that there was something mysterious or unusual about the discovery or identification of this species – for example, in relation to its morphology, taxonomic classification or habitat.

The following species are known from the genus Habuprionovolva:
Habuprionovolva aenigma (M. Azuma & C. N. Cate, 1971)
Habuprionovolva basilia (C. N. Cate, 1978
Habuprionovolva hervieri (Hedley, 1899)
Habuprionovolva umbilicata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)

Synonymised names:
Galera aenigma (M. Azuma & C. N. Cate, 1971) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Galeravolva aenigma (M. Azuma & C. N. Cate, 1971) · unaccepted
Prionovolva aenigma M. Azuma & C. N. Cate, 1971 · unaccepted

External links

A report of three unrecorded Ovulid species (Gastropoda, Heterodonta) from Korea (en). Abgerufen am 18.04.2025.
Cryptic marine biota of the Raja Ampat island group (en). Abgerufen am 18.04.2025.
Erstbeschreibung als Prionovolva (Prionovolva) aenigma, Seite 1 (en). Abgerufen am 18.04.2025.
Kwajalein Underwater, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 18.04.2025.
omparative Genomic and Mitochondrial Phylogenetic Relationships of Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Along the Chinese Coast (en). Abgerufen am 18.04.2025.
Spicy food for the egg-cowries: the evolution of corallivory in the Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea) (en). Abgerufen am 18.04.2025.

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