Biology:Simnia arcuata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Simnia arcuata
Scientific classification edit
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]
  • Neosimnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865) (basionym)
  • Neosimnia quaylei Lowe, H.N., 1935
  • Neosimnia tyrianthina Berry, S.S., 1960
  • Neosimnia vidleri Sowerby, 1881
  • Ovulum neglectum Reeve, 1865
  • Pseudocyphoma gibbulum Cate, C.N., 1978
  • Spiculata advena Cate, C.N., 1978

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]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and from California to Peru.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865). Gofas, S. (2010). Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478411 on 1 November 2011 .
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3139174 entry