Volva volva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae. In Australia the shells are commonly referred to as a shuttle or spindle egg cowry.

Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowrie