MolluscaBase name details
Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777)
140669 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140669)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Bulla blainvillii Leach, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Bulla haliotoidea Renier, 1807 · unaccepted
Ovula blainvillii (Leach, 1847) · unaccepted (synonym)
Ovula blanville [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ovula pennantiana (Leach, 1847) · unaccepted (synonym)
Simia pennantiana Leach, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Bulla patula Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]
Distribution Not common; occasional records from west Irish and British coasts to Orkney
Distribution Not common; occasional records from west Irish and British coasts to Orkney [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140669 on 2025-09-10
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(of Bulla patula Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
additional source Dolin L. & Ledon D. (2002). Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d'Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l'Éocène inférieur de Gan (France). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 24(2): 329-347., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2002n2a4.pdf
page(s): 341 [details]
additional source Nocella, E.; Zvonareva, S. S.; Fassio, G.; Pica, D.; Buge, B.; Villa, R.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2024). Spicy food for the egg-cowries: the evolution of corallivory in the Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1323156
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
additional source Dolin L. & Ledon D. (2002). Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d'Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l'Éocène inférieur de Gan (France). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 24(2): 329-347., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2002n2a4.pdf
page(s): 341 [details]
additional source Nocella, E.; Zvonareva, S. S.; Fassio, G.; Pica, D.; Buge, B.; Villa, R.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2024). Spicy food for the egg-cowries: the evolution of corallivory in the Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1323156
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Not common; occasional records from west Irish and British coasts to Orkney [details]
To Malacopics (Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) North Sea, Klaverbank. Oceana North Sea Exp. 2016. Sample no. 495, alive on Alcyonium digitatum, collected 2016-08-00, ex coll. Stichting ANEMOON .)
To Malacopics (Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) United Kingdom, Devon, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) United Kingdom, Devon, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
Unreviewed
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