| Simnia arcuata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Simnia |
| Species: | S. arcuata |
| Binomial name | |
| Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Simnia arcuata, common name Vidler's simnia, 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 an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 26 mm.
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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and from California to Peru.
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