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Adriatic Ovula

Pseudosimnia adriatica (G. B. Sowerby I 1828)

Aperiovula adriatica

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Pseudosimnia adriatica, common name the Adriatic egg shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Western Mediterranean and in the adjacent Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. ^ a b Pseudosimnia adriatica (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). WoRMS (2010). Pseudosimnia adriatica (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). Accessed through: WoRMS at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430587 on 5 June 2010 .

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Aperiovula adriatica: Brief Summary

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Pseudosimnia adriatica, common name the Adriatic egg shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

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