Pellasimnia angasi | |
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Pellasimnia angasi | |
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] | |
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Pellasimnia angasi, common name 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]
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 38 mm.
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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and Australia.
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