Simnia patula

Simnia patula
Xandarovula patula shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Simniinae
Genus: Simnia
Species: S. patula
Binomial name
Simnia patula
(Pennant, 1777)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Simnia patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pennant T. (1777) British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea: i-viii, 1-154, Plates 1-93. London, page 117.
  2. 1 2 Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). Gofas, S. (2010). Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224890 on 5 June 2010.


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