Simnia patula

Simnia patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[2]

Simnia patula
Xandarovula patula shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Ovulidae
Subfamily:
Simniinae
Genus:
Simnia
Species:
S. patula
Binomial name
Simnia patula
(Pennant, 1777)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Features[3]
  • It is up to 0,8 cm in diameter and 2 cm in length.
  • Small, shiny, oval-shell, convoluted.
  • The elongated oval aperture is narrower than the rest of the shell, with flared lips.
  • A shell that is white, yellow or pinkish.
  • With brown stripes and spots mainly on the mantle, the body is yellow.
  • The mantle has two flaps which, when the animal is active, cover the mantle.

References
  1. Pennant T. (1777) British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea: i–viii, 1–154, Plates 1–93. London, p. 117.
  2. Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). Gofas, S. (2010). Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224890 on 5 June 2010 .
  3. "MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network - A gastropod (Simnia patula)". www.marlin.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2021.


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