Simnia arcuata

Simnia arcuata
Simnia arcuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Simniinae
Genus: Simnia
Species: S. arcuata
Binomial name
Simnia arcuata
(Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
  • Neosimnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865) (basionym)
  • Neosimnia quaylei Lowe, H.N., 1935
  • Neosimnia tyrianthina Berry, S.S., 1960
  • Neosimnia vidleri Sowerby, G.B. III, 1881
  • Ovulum neglectum Reeve, L.A., 1865
  • Pseudocyphoma gibbulum Cate, C.N., 1978
  • Spiculata advena Cate, C.N., 1978

Simnia arcuata, common name Vidler's simnia, 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

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and from California to Peru.

References

  1. ^ a b Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865). Gofas, S. (2010). Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478411 on 1 November 2011.
  • 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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