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]

Simnia arcuata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Simnia
Species:
S. arcuata
Binomial name
Simnia arcuata
(Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and from California to Peru.

References

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  1. ^ a b Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865). Gofas, S. (2010). Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478411 on 1 November 2011 .
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
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  • "Neosimnia arcuata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2011.