Pellasimnia

Pellasimnia brunneiterma
A live individual of Pellasimnia brunneiterma on a soft coral
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Ovulinae
Genus: Pellasimnia
Iredale, 1931[1]

Pellasimnia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, sometimes known as the false cowries and the cowry allies. [2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Pellasimnia : [3]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Iredale T. (1931). Rec. Australian Mus. 18: 222.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Pellasimnia Iredale, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430504 on 2012-07-31
  3. WoRMS : Pellasimnia
  4. WoRMS (2009). Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431159 on 2010-05-24