Pellasimnia angasi

Pellasimnia angasi
Live animal amongst coral (top) and views of shells (bottom)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Pellasimnia
Species:	P. angasi
Binomial name
Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms [1]
List Aclyvolva haynesi(Sowerby, 1889) Aclyvolva lamyi(Schilder, 1932) Neosimnia lamyiSchilder, 1932 Neosimnia subreflexaAllan, 1956 Ovulum angasiReeve, 1865 Ovulum haynesiSowerby, 1889 Pellasimnia angasi(Reeve, 1865) Phenacovolva angasiReeve, 1865) Phenacovolva exsul Iredale, 1935 Phenacovolva haynesi(G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) Volva haynesi(G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)

Pellasimnia angasi, commonly known as Angas's volva, 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 10 mm and 38 mm.

Distribution

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and Australia.

References

1. Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865) . WoRMS (2009). Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431083 on 22 October 2011 .

• Schilder, F.A., 1932. The living species of Amphiperatinae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 20 (1): 46–64
• Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1–117
• Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.

External links

• "Pellasimnia angasi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 October 2011.