Pseudosimnia vanhyningi

Pseudosimnia vanhyningi
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. vanhyningi
Binomial name
Pseudosimnia vanhyningi
(M. Smith, 1940)
Synonyms[1]

Primovula solemi Cate, 1973
Primovula vanhyningi M. Smith, 1940
Pseudosimnia pyrifera Cate, 1973
Pseudosimnia sphoni Cate, 1973

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 15.4 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 46 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 183 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940). WoRMS (2010). Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419740 on 5 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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