Ovula ovum

Common Egg Cowry

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Ovulidae

Ovula ovum observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 802 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.

2026-10-25

Lombok Barat, ID-NB, ID

(c) cr1970, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-22

Alor Divers housereef, Pantar, Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

(c) Alor Divers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-19

Díli, Timor-Leste

(c) Roxanne Lazarus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-16

Sylvia Resort, West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

(c) pgkaestner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-16

Bitung, SW, ID

(c) mikejh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-14

TW

(c) Ya-ju,lee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Ovula ovum. BPBM 233386. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37856795. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/233386.