Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Cypraeoidea > Family Ovulidae > Subfamily Simniinae > Genus Simnia

Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Simnia*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Neosimnia*	P. Fischer, 1884	synonym

Species group names

*Bulla spelta*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Neosimnia spelta*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Ovula acicularis*	Tryon, 1885	synonym
*Ovula intermedia*	Tryon, 1885	synonym
*Ovula obsoleta*	Locard, 1892	synonym
*Ovula sowerbyana*	Tryon, 1885	synonym
*Ovula spelta*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Ovula spelta var. lutea*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Ovula spelta var. lutea-rosea*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Ovula spelta var. lutea-roseocarnea*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883	synonym
*Ovulum secale*	Sowerby G.B. I, 1828	synonym
*Simnia nicaeensis*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Simnia spelta var. brevis*	Coen, 1949	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Dolin L. & Ledon D., 2002. Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d'Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l'Éocène inférieur de Gan (France). Geodiversitas 24(2): 329-347.
additional source	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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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:478341