Species of gastropod
Simnia arcuata
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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Order:
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Littorinimorpha
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Family:
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Ovulidae
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Genus:
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Simnia
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Species:
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S. arcuata
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Binomial name
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Simnia arcuata
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Synonyms[1]
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- Delonovolva aequalis vidleri (G. B. Sowerby III, 1881) ·
- Neosimnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865) (basionym)
- Neosimnia quaylei Lowe, H.N., 1935
- Neosimnia tyrianthina Berry, S.S., 1960
- Neosimnia vidleri Sowerby, 1881
- Ovulum arcuatum Reeve, 1865 (original combination)
- Ovulum neglectum Reeve, 1865
- Ovulum vidleri G. B. Sowerby III, 1881
- Pseudocyphoma gibbulum Cate, C.N., 1978
- Simnia vidleri (G. B. Sowerby III, 1881) junior subjective synonym
- Spiculata advena Cate, C.N., 1978
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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]
The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 26 mm.
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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and from California to Peru.
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.