Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Cypraeoidea > Family Ovulidae > Subfamily Prionovolvinae > Genus Pseudosimnia

Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PseudosimniaF. A. Schilder, 1927accepted genus name
Primovula (Pseudosimnia) F. A. Schilder, 1927 original combination
Aperiovula C. N. Cate, 1973 synonym

Species group names

Ovula carnea var. elongata Pallary, 1900 junior homonym; nom. inval.
Bulla carnea Poiret, 1789 synonym
Bulla lepida Dillwyn, 1817 synonym
Bulla nucleus Dillwyn, 1817 synonym
Bulla triticea (Lamarck, 1810) sensu O. G. Costa, 1830 synonym
Ovula carnea (Poiret, 1789) synonym
Ovula carnea var. alba Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 synonym
Ovula carnea var. albida Monterosato, 1875 synonym; nom. nud.
Ovula carnea var. gibbosa Coen, 1933 synonym
Ovula carnea var. globosa Pallary, 1900 synonym
Ovula carnea var. major Pallary, 1900 synonym
Ovula carnea var. minor Pallary, 1900 synonym
Ovula carnea var. obtusula Pallary, 1900 synonym
Ovula carnea var. pallida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 synonym
Ovula carnea var. rosea Requien, 1848 synonym; nom. nud.
Ovula carnea var. rubra Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 synonym
Ovula carnea var. rufula Mollerat, 1890 synonym
Ovula carnea var. violacea Pallary, 1900 synonym
Ovula cepula Schumacher, 1817 synonym
Ovula dentata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 synonym
Ovula rufula Mollerat, 1890 synonym
Primovula carnea (Poiret, 1789) synonym
Primovula carnea var. dorsolirata Coen, 1949 synonym
Pseudosimnia angusta Celzard, 2017 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: red dwarf ovula sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Rote Eischnecke; Rotes Vogelei

Literature

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

additional source

Nappo, A. (2024). An overview of the Mediterranean 'allied cowries' (Gastropoda: Ovulidae) with the description of Xandarovula aetheria n. sp. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural History, Malta. 1(1): 37-66.

source of synonymy

Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs.

source of synonymy

Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140667

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.

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2010-05-30 by Serge Gofas

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