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Pseudosimnia carnea

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Kingdom
  
Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Subfamily
  
Prionovolvinae

Scientific name
  
Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Family
  
Genus
  
Pseudosimnia

Phylum
  
Pseudosimnia carnea

Similar
  
Pseudosimnia adriatica, Simnia, Simnia spelta, Primovula, Ovula costellata

Pseudosimnia carnea, common name the dwarf red egg shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 19 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, off Northwest Africa; off the West Indies.

References

Pseudosimnia carnea Wikipedia


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