Simnia patula
Species of gastropod
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Simnia patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[2]
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| Simnia patula | |
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| Xandarovula patula shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Simnia |
| Species: | S. patula |
| Binomial name | |
| Simnia patula | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Features
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- It is up to 0,8 cm in diameter and 2 cm in length.
- Small, shiny, oval-shell, convoluted.
- The elongated oval aperture is narrower than the rest of the shell, with flared lips.
- A shell that is white, yellow or pinkish.
- With brown stripes and spots mainly on the mantle, the body is yellow.
- The mantle has two flaps which, when the animal is active, cover the mantle.