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Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 140664

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Ovulidae (Family) > Simniinae (Subfamily) > Neosimnia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Neosimnia treated as synonym of Simnia)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Neosimnia P. Fischer, 1884 accepted as Simnia Risso, 1826
Synonymised
taxa
  Bulla spelta Linnaeus, 1758
Neosimnia illyrica F. A. Schilder, 1925
Neosimnia spelta spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ovula lutea Pallary, 1900
Ovula obsoleta Locard, 1892
Ovula rosea Pallary, 1900
Ovula roseocarnea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
Ovulum obtusum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828
Ovulum secale G. B. Sowerby I, 1828
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. (look up in IMIS[details]

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

from synonym: Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1-117. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Mediterranean ovulid  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Subspecies Neosimnia spelta sculptura Cate, 1973 accepted as Neosimnia sculptura Cate, 1973 accepted as Simnia sculptura (Cate, 1973)
Subspecies Neosimnia spelta senegalensis Schilder, 1931 accepted as Neosimnia senegalensis F. A. Schilder, 1931 accepted as Simnia senegalensis (F. A. Schilder, 1931)
Subspecies Neosimnia spelta spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic Europe [details]
Azores [details]
Cape Verde [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To CLEMAM
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140664
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2006-03-17 07:58:39Z  changed  Wambiji, Nina
2008-05-21 19:31:37Z  checked  Gofas, Serge
2010-05-28 21:22:25Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140664 on 2013-05-26
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