Pellasimnia angasi

Pellasimnia angasi
Apertural view of Pellasimnia angasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Ovulinae
Genus: Pellasimnia
Species: P. angasi
Binomial name
Pellasimnia angasi
(Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aclyvolva haynesi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889)
  • Aclyvolva lamyi (F.A. Schilder, 1932)
  • Neosimnia lamyi Schilder, 1932
  • Neosimnia subreflexa Allan, 1956
  • Ovulum angasi Reeve, 1865
  • Ovulum haynesi G.B. Sowerby III, 1889
  • Phenacovolva angasi (Reeve, 1865)
  • Phenacovolva exsul Iredale, 1935

Pellasimnia angasi, common name Angas's volva, 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 10 mm and 38 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and Australia.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865). WoRMS (2009). Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431083 on 22 October 2011.

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