Pseudosimnia vanhyningi

Pseudosimnia vanhyningi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Prionovolvinae
Genus:	Pseudosimnia
Species:	P. vanhyningi
Binomial name
	Pseudosimnia vanhyningi; (M. Smith, 1940)
Synonyms
	Primovula solemi Cate, 1973; Primovula vanhyningi M. Smith, 1940; Pseudosimnia pyrifera Cate, 1973; Pseudosimnia sphoni Cate, 1973;

Pseudosimnia vanhyningi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.^[1]

Distribution

The maximum recorded shell length is 15.4 mm.^[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 46 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 183 m.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940). WoRMS (2010). Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419740 on 5 June 2010 .
^ ^a ^b ^c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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