Marine Species Traits - Simnia Risso, 1826

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Simnia Risso, 1826

Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from La Herradura, Granada (actual size 11.9 mm).

AphiaID

138307 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138307)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Simniinae F. A. Schilder, 1927

Original name

Simnia Risso, 1826

Synonymised names

Neosimnia P. Fischer, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Simnia senegalensis (F. A. Schilder, 1931)
Species Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Simnia Risso, 1826. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138307 on 2025-05-24

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Simnia Risso, 1826. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138307 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-11-13 10:12:01Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-05-27 20:15:18Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-01-07 15:04:03Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

additional source Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details]

additional source 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., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2002n2a4.pdf [details]