Pellasimnia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Ovulinae of the family Ovulidae, sometimes known as the false cowries and the cowry allies.[1]

Pellasimnia
A live individual of Pellasimnia brunneiterma on a soft coral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Ovulinae
Genus: Pellasimnia
Schilder, 1939
Type species
Ovulum angasi Reeve, 1865
Synonyms

Phenacovolva (Pellasimnia) Schilder, 1939

Species

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According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Pellasimnia :[2]

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ WoRMS : Pellasimnia
  3. ^ 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