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

Simnia Risso, 1826

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Simia*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Amphiperas (Simnia)*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Neosimnia*	P. Fischer, 1884	synonym
*Ovula (Neosimnia)*	P. Fischer, 1884	synonym
*Simnia (Neosimnia)*	P. Fischer, 1884	synonym

Children

Simnia purpurea Risso, 1826
Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description	Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].
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). Geodiversitas. 24(2): 329-347.
additional source	Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Simnia Risso, 1826. 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:138307