Simnia patula

Simnia patula
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 (Pennant, 1777)
Synonyms
Bulla patula Pennant, 1777 Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777)

Simnia patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

Features

Source:

• 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.

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