Pseudosimnia adriatica

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Pseudosimnia adriatica
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Two views of a shell of Pseudosimnia adriatica (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Pseudosimnia
Species:
P. adriatica
Binomial name
Pseudosimnia adriatica
(Sowerby, 1828)
Synonyms [1]
  • Aperiovula adriatica adriatica Sowerby, 1828
  • Aperiovula adriatica adriatica Sowerby, 1828
  • Aperiovula adriatica iberiaCate, 1973
  • Aperiovula emersoniCate, 1973
  • Bulla virgineaCantraine, 1835
  • Ovula elongata Requien, 1848
  • Ovula haliotidea Blainville, 1825
  • Ovula oblongata Blainville, 1848
  • Ovulum adriaticum Sowerby, 1828
  • Primovula adriaticaAllan, 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]

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 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 .