Biology:Simnia arcuata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Simnia arcuata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Simnia |
| Species: | S. arcuata
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| Binomial name | |
| Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865)
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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]
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
- ↑ 1.0 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
- "Neosimnia arcuata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_61998.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3139174 entry
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