Contrasimnia xanthochila

Contrasimnia xanthochila
Contrasimnia xanthochila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Simniinae
Genus: Contrasimnia
Species: C. xanthochila
Binomial name
Contrasimnia xanthochila
(Kuroda, 1928)
Synonyms[1]

Neosimnia hirasei Schilder, 1932
Simnia xanthochila Kuroda, 1928

Contrasimnia xanthochila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Contrasimnia xanthochila (Kuroda, 1928). WoRMS (2009). Contrasimnia xanthochila (Kuroda, 1928). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430990 on 5 June 2010.

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