Biology:Pellasimnia maccoyi

Pellasimnia maccoyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Ovulinae
Genus:	Pellasimnia
Species:	P. maccoyi
Binomial name
	Pellasimnia maccoyi; (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
Synonyms
	Birostra mccoyi Tenison-Woods, 1878; Dissona maccoyi (Tenison-Woods, 1878); Pellasimnia exsul Iredale, 1935;

Short description: Species of gastropod

Pellasimnia maccoyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Pellasimnia maccoyi (Tenison-Woods, 1878). WoRMS (2009). Pellasimnia maccoyi (Tenison-Woods, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431131 on 5 June 2010 .

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