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Pseudosimnia nudelmani

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Pseudosimnia nudelmani
Shell of Pseudosimnia nudelmani (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Pseudosimnia
Species:
P. nudelmani
Binomial name
Pseudosimnia nudelmani
Lorenz & Fehse, 2009

Pseudosimnia nudelmani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 8.3 mm.

Distribution

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The marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

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  1. ^ Pseudosimnia nudelmani Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. WoRMS (2009). Pseudosimnia nudelmani Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430594 on 5 June 2010 .

Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.