Pellasimnia angasi

Pellasimnia angasi, common name Angas's volva, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Pellasimnia angasi
Apertural view of Pellasimnia angasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Ovulidae
Subfamily:
Ovulinae
Genus:
Pellasimnia
Species:
P. angasi
Binomial name
Pellasimnia angasi
(Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aclyvolva haynesi (Sowerby, 1889)
  • Aclyvolva lamyi (Schilder, 1932)
  • Neosimnia lamyi Schilder, 1932
  • Neosimnia subreflexa Allan, 1956
  • Ovulum angasi Reeve, 1865
  • Ovulum haynesi Sowerby, 1889
  • Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865)
  • Phenacovolva angasi (Reeve, 1865)
  • Phenacovolva exsul Iredale, 1935
  • Phenacovolva haynesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
  • Volva haynesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 38 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and Australia.

References
  1. Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865). WoRMS (2009). Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431083 on 22 October 2011 .
  • Schilder, F.A., 1932. The living species of Amphiperatinae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 20 (1): 46–64
  • Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1–117
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
  • "Pellasimnia angasi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 October 2011.


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