Pseudosimnia carnea | |
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Ventral view of a shell of Pseudosimnia carnea | |
Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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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]
The subspecies Pseudosimnia carnea expallescensSchilder, 1967is a taxon inquirendum.
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 19 mm.
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This * Occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, off Northwest Africa (Senegal); off the West Indies.
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