Simnia avena Gorgonian Spindle Snail

Simnia avena wird umgangssprachlich oft als Gorgonien Spindel Cowrie bezeichnet.

Chris Grossman, USA

Neosimnia aequalis (Gorgonian Spindle Snail) on Pacifigorgia sp. (Red Sea Fan), Los Archos, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico June 10, 2008

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lexID:: 11761
AphiaID:: 478412

Scientific:: Simnia avena
German:: Gorgonien Schnecke
English:: Gorgonian Spindle Snail

Category:: Snegler

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Simnia (Genus) > avena (Species)
Initial determination:: (G. B. Sowerby II, ), 1832

Occurrence:: Mexico (East Pacific)
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0" - 0.79" (0,7cm - 2,2cm)
Food:: Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Simnia aperta
Simnia arcuata
Vidlers simnia
Simnia avena
Gorgonien Schnecke
Simnia barbarensis
Santa Barbara simnia
Simnia bartschi
Simnia bijuri
Simnia brevirostris
Simnia hammesi
Simnia hiscocki
Simnia hyalina
Simnia illyrica
Simnia jacintoi
Simnia loebbeckeana
Simnia macleani
Simnia patula
Simnia sculptura
Simnia senegalensis
Simnia spelta
Offene Spelzenschnecke, Gorgonien-Schnecke
Simnia vidleri

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-10-30 15:30:45
Last edit:: 2018-10-30 15:37:15

Info

Simnia avena (G. B. Sowerby II, 1832)

Simnia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae.

Synonymised names:
Delonovolva aequalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1832)
Delonovolva aequalis aequalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1832)
Neosimnia avena (G. B. Sowerby II, 1832) (Neosimnia treated as synonym of Simnia)
Neosimnia avena avena (G. B. Sowerby II, 1832)
Neosimnia capitia C. N. Cate, 1973
Neosimnia formicaria sensu J. Allan, 1956 not G. B. Sowerby I, 1828
Ovula hordacea Kiener, 1843
Ovulum aequale G. B. Sowerby II, 1832
Ovulum avena G. B. Sowerby II, 1832
Ovulum lividum Reeve, 1865
Ovulum simile G. B. Sowerby II, 1848
Simnia aequalis (Sowerby, 1832)
Simnia rufa var. inflexa C. N. Cate, 1969

External links

Discover Life (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Diver.net Chris Grossman's Underwater Photography (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Neosimnia aequalis (Gorgonian Spindle Snail) on Pacifigorgia sp. (Red Sea Fan), Los Archos, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico June 10, 2008

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