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] | |
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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]
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 2 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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