Pseudosimnia adriatica | |
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Two views of a shell of Pseudosimnia adriatica (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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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]
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 28 mm.
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This marine species occurs in the Western Mediterranean and in the adjacent Atlantic Ocean.
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