Simnia

Simnia
Simnia patula (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Simniinae
Genus:	Simnia Risso, 1826
Type species
Simnia nicaeensis Risso, 1826
Synonyms[1]
Amphiperas(Simnia) Risso, 1826 Calpurna Fleming, 1828 Neosimnia P. Fischer, 1884 Simnia (Neosimnia) P. Fischer, 1884 Spiculata Cate, 1973 Velox Monterosato, 1878 Xandarovula Cate, 1973

Simnia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae.^[1]

Taxonomy

Dolin & Ledon (2002) considered that the lectotype of Simnia nicaeensis Risso, 1826, type species of Simnia, is a juvenile specimen of Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) type species of Neosimnia Fischer, 1884. This makes Simnia an objective synonym of Neosimnia. Accordingly, all the species treated in Lorenz & Fehse (2009) under Neosimnia should thereby be accepted under Simnia. Likewise, all the species treated by Lorenz & Fehse (2009) under Simnia should thereby be accepted under Xandarovula Cate, 1973.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Simnia include:

• Simnia aequalis (Sowerby I, 1832)
• Simnia aperta (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849)
• Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865)^[2]
• Simnia avena (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)^[3]
• Simnia barbarensis Dall, 1892^[4]
• Simnia bartschi (Cate, 1973)^[5]
• Simnia bijuri (Cate, 1976)^[6]
• Simnia hammesi (Bertsch & Bibbey, 1982)^[7]
• Simnia hiscocki Lorenz & Melaun, 2011
• Simnia hyalina Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
• Simnia jacintoi Fehse & Trigo, 2015
• Simnia loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1881)^[8]
• Simnia macleani (Cate, 1976)^[9]
• Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777)
• Simnia sculptura (Cate, 1973)^[10]
• Simnia senegalensis (F.A. Schilder, 1931)^[11]
• Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)^[12]
• Simnia vidleri (G.B. Sowerby III, 1881)^[13]

Species brought into synonymy

• Simnia acicularis (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Cymbovula acicularis (Lamarck, 1811)
• Simnia aureocincta Dall, 1899: synonym of Cyphoma aureocinctum (Dall, 1889)
• Simnia inflexa Schilder, 1941: synonym of Simnialena rufa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Simnia inflexa (Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Simnialena rufa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Simnia nicaeensis Risso, 1826: synonym of Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Simnia nicaoensis Risso, 1826: synonym of Simnia nicaeensis Risso, 1826
• Simnia patriciae (Nolf, 2008):^[14] synonym of Phenacovolva patriciae
• Simnia piragua Dall, 1889: synonym of Calcarovula piragua (Dall, 1889)
• Simnia rufa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1832): synonym of Simnialena rufa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1832)
• Simnia sowerbyana Paetel, 1887: synonym of Phenacovolva brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817)
• Simnia uniplicata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849): synonym of Simnialena uniplicata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
• Simnia xanthochila Kuroda, 1928: synonym of Contrasimnia xanthochila (Kuroda, 1928)

Species inquerenda

• Simnia illyrica (Schilder, 1925)

References

1. Simnia Risso, 1826. Gofas, S. (2010). Simnia Risso, 1826. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138307 on 18 December 2011.
2. Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
3. Simnia avena (G.B. Sowerby II, 1832).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
4. Simnia barbarensis Dall, 1892.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
5. Simnia bartschi (Cate, 1973).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
6. Simnia bijuri (Cate, 1976).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
7. Simnia hammesi (Bertsch & Bibbey, 1982).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
8. Simnia loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
9. Simnia macleani (Cate, 1976).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
10. Simnia sculptura (Cate, 1973).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
11. Simnia senegalensis (F.A. Schilder, 1931).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
12. Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
13. Simnia vidleri (Sowerby G.B. III, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
14. Simnia patriciae (Nolf, 2008).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.

• Dall W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40
• Cate C.N. (1973). A Systematic Revision of the Recent Cypraeid Family Ovulidae. The Veliger, Vol 15, Supplement.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• 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

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