Pseudosimnia carnea

Pseudosimnia carnea
Ventral view of a shell of Pseudosimnia carnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Prionovolvinae
Genus: Pseudosimnia
Species: P. carnea
Binomial name
Pseudosimnia carnea
(Poiret, 1789)
Synonyms[1]

Pseudosimnia carnea, common name the dwarf red 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 8 mm and 19 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, off Northwest Africa; off the West Indies.

References

  1. 1 2 Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789). Gofas, S. (2010). Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140667 on 5 June 2010.
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