Pseudosimnia wieseorum

Pseudosimnia wieseorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Pseudosimnia wieseorum
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. wieseorum
Binomial name
Pseudosimnia wieseorum
Lorenz, 1985

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

References
  1. Pseudosimnia wieseorum Lorenz, 1985. WoRMS (2009). Pseudosimnia wieseorum Lorenz, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430593 on 5 June 2010 .
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
  • "Pseudosimnia wieseorum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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