Pseudosimnia carnea

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Pseudosimnia carnea
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Ventral view of a shell of Pseudosimnia carnea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Pseudosimnia
Species:
P. carnea
Binomial name
Pseudosimnia carnea
(Poiret, 1789)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bulla carneaPoiret, 1789
  • Bulla lepida Dillwyn, 1817
  • Bulla nucleus Dillwyn, 1817
  • Ovula albaScacchi in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Ovula albida Monterosato, 1875
  • Ovula carnea (Poiret, 1789)
  • Ovula carnea var. albaBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Ovula carnea var. albidaMonterosato, 1875
  • Ovula carnea var. elongataPallary, 1900 (invalid: junior homonym of Ovula elongatad'Archiac, 1854)
  • Ovula carnea var. gibbosaCoen, 1933
  • Ovula carnea var. globosaPallary, 1900
  • Ovula carnea var. majorPallary, 1900
  • Ovula carnea var. minorPallary, 1900
  • Ovula carnea var. obtusulaPallary, 1900
  • Ovula carnea var. pallidaBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Ovula carnea var. roseaRequien, 1848
  • Ovula carnea var. rubraBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Ovula carnea var. violaceaPallary, 1900
  • Ovula cepula Schumacher, 1817
  • Ovula dentata Fischer, 1807
  • Ovula elongata Pallary, 1900
  • Ovula globosa Pallary, 1900
  • Ovula major Pallary, 1900
  • Ovula minor Pallary, 1900
  • Ovula nucleusMawe, 1823
  • Ovula obtusula Pallary, 1900
  • Ovula pallidaBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Ovula rosea Requien, 1848
  • Ovula rubraBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Ovula rufulaMollerat, 1890
  • Ovula triticea da Costa in Tryon, 1885
  • Ovula violacea Pallary, 1900
  • Primovula carnea(Poiret, 1789)
  • Primovula carnea var. dorsolirataCoen, 1949

Pseudosimnia carnea, common name the dwarf red egg shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. [1]

Contents

The subspecies Pseudosimnia carnea expallescensSchilder, 1967is a taxon inquirendum.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 19 mm.

Distribution

This * Occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, off Northwest Africa (Senegal); off the West Indies.

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References

  1. 1 2 Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789) . Gofas, S. (2010). Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140667 on 5 June 2010 .