Pseudosimnia carnea

Pseudosimnia carnea
Ventral view of a shell of Pseudosimnia carnea
Scientific classification
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]

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 19 mm. It is toothed on its thick inner lip. ^[2]

Distribution

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

References

1. 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 .
2. Poiret, Jean Louis Marie (1789). Voyage en Barbarie : ou lettres écrites de l'ancienne Numidie pendant les années 1785 & 1786, sur la religion, les coutumes & les moeurs des Maures & des Arabes-Bédouins : avec un essai sur l'histoire naturelle de ce pays par M. l'abbé Poiret. Vol. v.2. Paris: J. B. F. Née de la Rochelle. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.13598.

• Coen G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano 192: pp. i-vii, 1-186
• Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. Historia Naturalis. 3(1): 13-18
• Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks

External links

• "Pseudosimnia carnea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Poiret, J. L. M. (1789). Voyage en Barbarie, ou Lettres écrites de l'ancienne Numidie pendant les années 1785 & 1786, sur la religion, les coutumes & les murs des Maures & des Arabes-Bédouins; avec un essai sur l'histoire naturelle de ce pays. Par M. l'abbé Poiret. Paris.
• Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London: John and Arthur Arch. Vol. 1: 1-580; Vol. 2: 581-1092 + index
• Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls.
• Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls
• Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls.
• Mawe, J. 1823. The Linnaean system of conchology, describing the orders, genera and species of shells, arranged into divisions and families. London: J. Mawe. 207 pp., 37 pls
• Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
• Cate C.N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. The Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117.