Simnia spelta

Simnia spelta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Simniinae
Genus: Simnia
Species: S. spelta
Binomial name
Simnia spelta
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]

Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Simnia nicaeensis Risso, 1826

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758). Gofas, S. (2010). Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478341 on 5 June 2010.