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Pellasimnia angasi
Pellasimnia angasi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Pellasimnia
Species:	P. angasi
Binomial name
Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms
Aclyvolva haynesi (Sowerby, 1889) Aclyvolva lamyi (Schilder, 1932) Neosimnia lamyi Schilder, 1932 Neosimnia subreflexa Allan, 1956 Ovulum angasi Reeve, 1865 Ovulum haynesi Sowerby, 1889 Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865) Phenacovolva angasi (Reeve, 1865) Phenacovolva exsul Iredale, 1935 Phenacovolva haynesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) Volva haynesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)

Pellasimnia angasi, common name Angas's volva, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 38 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and Australia.

References

1. ^ Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865). WoRMS (2009). Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431083 on 22 October 2011 .

• Schilder, F.A., 1932. The living species of Amphiperatinae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 20 (1): 46–64
• Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1–117
• Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.

External links

• "Pellasimnia angasi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 October 2011.

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