Pellasimnia
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| Pellasimnia | |
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| A live individual of Pellasimnia brunneiterma on a soft coral | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Subfamily: | Ovulinae |
| Genus: | Pellasimnia Schilder, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Ovulum angasi Reeve, 1865 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phenacovolva (Pellasimnia) Schilder, 1939 | |
Pellasimnia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Ovulinae of the family Ovulidae, sometimes known as the false cowries and the cowry allies.[1]
