Pellasimnia hochmuthi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
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| Shell of Pellasimnia hochmuthi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Pellasimnia |
| Species: | P. hochmuthi
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| Pellasimnia hochmuthi Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 12.9 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the East China Sea.
References
edit- ^ Pellasimnia hochmuthi Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. WoRMS (2009). Pellasimnia hochmuthi Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431161 on 5 June 2010 .
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.