Simnia arcuata, common name Vidler's simnia, 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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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Ovulidae |
Genus: | Simnia |
Species: | S. arcuata
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Binomial name | |
Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 26 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and from California to Peru.
References
edit- ^ a b Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865). Gofas, S. (2010). Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478411 on 1 November 2011 .
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
External links
edit- "Neosimnia arcuata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2011.