Pseudosimnia carnea

Pseudosimnia carnea
Ventral view of a shell of Pseudosimnia carnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Prionovolvinae
Genus: Pseudosimnia
Species: P. carnea
Binomial name
Pseudosimnia carnea
(Poiret, 1789)
Synonyms[1]

Bulla carnea Poiret, 1789
Bulla lepida Dillwyn, 1817
Bulla nucleus Dillwyn, 1817
Ovula alba Scacchi in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
Ovula albida Di Monterosato, 1875
Ovula cepula Schuhmacher, 1817
Ovula dentata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
Ovula elongata Pallary, 1900
Ovula globosa Pallary, 1900
Ovula major Pallary, 1900
Ovula minor Pallary, 1900
Ovula nucleus Mawe, 1823
Ovula obtusula Pallary, 1900
Ovula pallida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
Ovula rosea Requien, 1848
Ovula rubra Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
Ovula rufula Mollerat, 1890
Ovula triticea Da Costa in Tryon, 1885
Ovula violacea Pallary, 1900

Pseudosimnia carnea, common name the dwarf red egg shell, 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 the shell varies between 8 mm and 19 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, off Northwest Africa; off the West Indies.

References

  1. 1 2 Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789). Gofas, S. (2010). Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140667 on 5 June 2010.

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