Pseudosimnia carnea
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| Pseudosimnia carnea | |
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| Ventral view of a shell of Pseudosimnia carnea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Pseudosimnia |
| Species: | P. carnea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pseudosimnia carnea, common name the dwarf red egg shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
The subspecies Pseudosimnia carnea expallescens Schilder, 1967is a taxon inquirendum.
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 19 mm. It is toothed on its thick inner lip.[2]