Pseudosimnia vanhyningi

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Pseudosimnia vanhyningi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Pseudosimnia
Species:
P. vanhyningi
Binomial name
Pseudosimnia vanhyningi
(M. Smith, 1940)
Synonyms [1]
  • Primovula solemiCate, 1973
  • Primovula vanhyningiM. Smith, 1940
  • Pseudosimnia pyriferaCate, 1973
  • Pseudosimnia sphoniCate, 1973

Pseudosimnia vanhyningi 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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Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 15.4 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 46 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 183 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940) . WoRMS (2010). Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419740 on 5 June 2010 .
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .
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