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]
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| Two views of a shell of Pseudosimnia adriatica (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Pseudosimnia |
| Species: | P. adriatica
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| Pseudosimnia adriatica (Sowerby, 1828)
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 28 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Western Mediterranean and in the adjacent Atlantic Ocean.
References
edit- ^ 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.