Pellasimnia | |
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A live individual of Pellasimnia brunneiterma on a soft coral | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Ovulidae |
Subfamily: | Ovulinae |
Genus: |
Pellasimnia Schilder, 1939 |
Type species | |
Ovulum angasi Reeve, 1865 | |
Synonyms | |
Phenacovolva (Pellasimnia) Schilder, 1939 |
Pellasimnia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Ovulinae of the family Ovulidae, sometimes known as the false cowries and the cowry allies. [1]
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Pellasimnia : [2]