''Simnia arcuata'', common name ''Vidler's simnia'', is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 26 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the
Galapagos Islands and from
California to
Peru.
References
* Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) ''The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
External links
*
Ovulidae
Gastropods described in 1865
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