Pellasimnia angasi

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Pellasimnia angasi
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Pellasimnia angasi
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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]
  • Aclyvolva haynesi(Sowerby, 1889)
  • Aclyvolva lamyi(Schilder, 1932)
  • Neosimnia lamyi Schilder, 1932
  • Neosimnia subreflexaAllan, 1956
  • Ovulum angasi Reeve, 1865
  • Ovulum haynesi Sowerby, 1889
  • Pellasimnia angasi(Reeve, 1865)
  • Phenacovolva angasi(Reeve, 1865)
  • Phenacovolva exsul Iredale, 1935
  • Phenacovolva haynesi(G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
  • Volva haynesi(G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)

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]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 38 mm.

Distribution

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Distribution

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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 .