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Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
430939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430939)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Ovula birostris (Linnaeus, 1767) sensu Tryon, 1885 · unaccepted
Ovulum apertum G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Ovulum apertum G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Ovulum</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2(9): 467-484, pl. 99-101. London, privately published. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936835
page(s): 478, pl. 101 fig. 106, 107 [details]
page(s): 478, pl. 101 fig. 106, 107 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430939 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Ovulum apertum G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Ovulum</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2(9): 467-484, pl. 99-101. London, privately published. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936835
page(s): 478, pl. 101 fig. 106, 107 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 478, pl. 101 fig. 106, 107 [details]
basis of record 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Malacopics (Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Greece, Kriti, Lasithi, Agios Nikolaos, on Corallinum rubrum, by SCUBA diving, at 100 m depth, collected April 2001, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To PESI (from synonym Ovulum apertum G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Malacopics (Simnia aperta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Greece, Kriti, Lasithi, Agios Nikolaos, on Corallinum rubrum, by SCUBA diving, at 100 m depth, collected April 2001, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To PESI (from synonym Ovulum apertum G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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