Pseudosimnia adriatica

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 (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
Aperiovula adriatica adriatica G.B. Sowerby I, 1828 Aperiovula adriatica adriatica G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 Aperiovula adriatica iberia Cate, 1973 Aperiovula emersoni Cate, 1973 Bulla virginea Cantraine, 1835 Ovula elongata Requien, 1848 Ovula haliotidea Renier in de Blainville, 1825 Ovula oblongata Requien, 1848 Ovulum adriaticum G.B. Sowerby I, 1828 Primovula adriatica Allan, 1956 Pseudosimnia adriatica Schilder, 1941

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]

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.

External links

• [Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.