Pseudosimnia adriatica

Pseudosimnia adriatica, common name the Adriatic egg shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Pseudosimnia adriatica
Two views of a shell of Pseudosimnia adriatica (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Ovulidae
Subfamily:
Prionovolvinae
Genus:
Pseudosimnia
Species:
P. adriatica
Binomial name
Pseudosimnia adriatica
(Sowerby, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aperiovula adriatica adriatica Sowerby, 1828
  • Aperiovula adriatica adriatica Sowerby, 1828
  • Aperiovula adriatica iberia Cate, 1973
  • Aperiovula emersoni Cate, 1973
  • Bulla virginea Cantraine, 1835
  • Ovula elongata Requien, 1848
  • Ovula haliotidea Blainville, 1825
  • Ovula oblongata Blainville, 1848
  • Ovulum adriaticum Sowerby, 1828
  • Primovula adriatica Allan, 1956
  • Pseudosimnia adriatica Schilder, 1941

Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Western Mediterranean and in the adjacent Atlantic Ocean.

References
  1. Pseudosimnia adriatica (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). WoRMS (2010). Pseudosimnia adriatica (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). Accessed through: WoRMS at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430587 on 5 June 2010 .
  • [Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
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