Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Cypraeoidea > Family Ovulidae > Subfamily Prionovolvinae > Genus Pseudosimnia

Pseudosimnia adriatica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudosimnia*	F. A. Schilder, 1927	accepted genus name
*Primovula (Pseudosimnia)*	F. A. Schilder, 1927	original combination
*Aperiovula*	C. N. Cate, 1973	synonym

Species group names

*Aperiovula adriatica*	(G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)	synonym
*Aperiovula adriatica iberia*	C. N. Cate, 1973	synonym
*Aperiovula emersoni*	C. N. Cate, 1973	synonym
*Bulla virginea*	Cantraine, 1835	synonym
*Ovula haliotidea*	Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Ovulum adriaticum*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1828	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Adriatic ovula sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Weiße Eischnecke; Weißes Vogelei

Literature

basis of record	Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs.
additional source	Nappo, A. (2024). An overview of the Mediterranean 'allied cowries' (Gastropoda: Ovulidae) with the description of Xandarovula aetheria n. sp. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural History, Malta. 1(1): 37-66.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudosimnia adriatica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430587