Simnia spelta

Simnia spelta
a live Simnia spelta on soft coral Leptogorgia sarmentosa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Simnia
Species:
S. spelta
Binomial name
Simnia spelta
Synonyms
  • Amphiperas (Simnia) secale (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828)
  • Bulla spelta Linnaeus, 1758
  • Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Neosimnia spelta spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Ovula acicularis Tryon, 1885
  • Ovula intermedia Tryon, 1885 not Lamarck, 1810
  • † Ovula leathesi sensu Tryon, 1885 not J. de C. Sowerby, 1824
  • Ovula lutea Pallary, 1900
  • Ovula obsoleta Locard, 1892
  • Ovula rosea Pallary, 1900
  • Ovula roseocarnea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Ovula sowerbyana sensu Tryon, 1885 not Weinkauff, 1881
  • Ovula spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Ovula spelta var. lutea Pallary, 1900
  • Ovula spelta var. lutea-rosea Pallary, 1900
  • Ovula spelta var. lutea-roseocarnea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Ovula triticea Lamarck, 1810 sensu Payraudeau, 1826 (misapplication)
  • Ovulum obtusum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 (junior synonym)
  • Ovulum secale G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 (junior synonym)
  • Phenacovolva (Pellasimnia) obtusa obtusa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828)
  • Simnia nicaeensis Risso, 1826
  • Simnia nicaoensis sensu J. Allan, 1956 not Risso, 1826 (misspelling [by Allan, J. 1956]...)
  • Simnia spelta var. brevis Coen, 1949

Simnia spelta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, which are cowrie allies sometimes called "false cowries". It was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus.

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