Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Cypraeoidea
Familia: Ovulidae
Subfamilia: Ovulinae
Genus: Pellasimnia
Species: P. maxwelli
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References
Beu, A.G.; Marshall, B.A. 2011: New Cenozoic records of genera and families from New Zealand (Mollusca, Gastropoda): highlights from Phillip Maxwell's collection. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 54 (1): 13–34. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2011.536517
Pellasimnia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Ovulinae of the family Ovulidae, sometimes known as the false cowries and the cowry allies.[1]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Pellasimnia :[2]
Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865) - the type species of the genus
Pellasimnia annabelae Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969)[3]
Pellasimnia cleaveri Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
Pellasimnia hochmuthi Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
Pellasimnia improcera (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
† Pellasimnia maxwelli Beu & B. A. Marshall, 2011
Pellasimnia mcoyi (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
Species brought into synonymy
Pellasimnia aurantia Carlsson, 1969: synonym of Phenacovolva aurantia (Sowerby, 1889)
Pellasimnia exsul Iredale, 1935: synonym of Pellasimnia maccoyi (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
Pellasimnia verconis Cotton & Godfrey, 1932: synonym of Cuspivolva helenae (Cate, 1973)
References
Rosenberg, G. (2010). Pellasimnia Iredale, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430504 on 2012-07-31
WoRMS : Pellasimnia
WoRMS (2009). Pellasimnia brunneiterma (Cate, 1969). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431159 on 2010-05-24
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