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Pellasimnia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Ovulidae

Scientific name
  
Pellasimnia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Subfamily
  
Ovulinae

Rank
  
Genus

Pellasimnia

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Pellasimnia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, sometimes known as the false cowries and the cowry allies.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Pellasimnia :

  • Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865) - the type species of the genus
  • Pellasimnia annabelae Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
  • Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969)
  • Pellasimnia cleaveri Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
  • Pellasimnia hochmuthi Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
  • Pellasimnia improcera (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
  • Pellasimnia maccoyi (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Pellasimnia aurantia Carlsson, 1969: synonym of Phenacovolva aurantia (Sowerby III, 1889)
  • Pellasimnia exsul Iredale, 1935: synonym of Pellasimnia maccoyi (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
  • Pellasimnia verconis Cotton & Godfrey, 1932: synonym of Cuspivolva helenae (Cate, 1973)

    • References

    Pellasimnia Wikipedia
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