Pseudosimnia adriatica
| Pseudosimnia adriatica | |
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| Two views of a shell of Pseudosimnia adriatica (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Pseudosimnia |
| Species: | P. adriatica
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudosimnia adriatica (Sowerby, 1828)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pseudosimnia adriatica, common name the Adriatic 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 15 and 28 mm (0.59 and 1.10 in).
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Western Mediterranean and in the adjacent Atlantic Ocean.
References
- ^ a b Pseudosimnia adriatica (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). WoRMS (2010). Pseudosimnia adriatica (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). Accessed through: WoRMS at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430587 on 5 June 2010 .
External links
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- [Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.