Biology:Simnia patula
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Simnia patula | |
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Xandarovula patula shell | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Ovulidae |
Genus: | Simnia |
Species: | S. patula
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Binomial name | |
Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777)[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Simnia patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[2]
Features[3]
- It is up to 0,8 cm in diameter and 2 cm in length.
- Small, shiny, oval-shell, convoluted.
- The elongated oval aperture is narrower than the rest of the shell, with flared lips.
- A shell that is white, yellow or pinkish.
- With brown stripes and spots mainly on the mantle, the body is yellow.
- The mantle has two flaps which, when the animal is active, cover the mantle.
References
- ↑ Pennant T. (1777) British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea: i–viii, 1–154, Plates 1–93. London, p. 117.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). Gofas, S. (2010). Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224890 on 5 June 2010 .
- ↑ "MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network - A gastropod (Simnia patula)" (in en-GB). https://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/3.
Wikidata ☰ Q14339584 entry
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