Simnia

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Genus of gastropods

title: "Simnia" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ovulidae", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/ovulidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simnia" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) 1.jpg | image_caption = a live Simnia spelta on soft coral Leptogorgia sarmentosa | image2 = Simnia fusulina (MNHN-IM-2000-3780).jpeg | image2_caption =Shell of † Simnia fusulina (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | taxon = Simnia | authority = Risso, 1826 | type_species = Simnia nicaeensis | type_species_authority = Risso, 1826 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

  • Amphiperas (Neosimnia) P. Fischer, 1884
  • Amphiperas(Simnia) Risso, 1826
  • Neosimnia P. Fischer, 1884
  • Ovula (Neosimnia) P. Fischer, 1884 (original rank)
  • Ovula (Simnia) Risso, 1826
  • Simia [sic] (misspelling)
  • Simnia (Neosimnia) P. Fischer, 1884
  • Spiculata Cate, 1973
  • Subsimnia C. N. Cate, 1973

Simnia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae.

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. The assumptions of Dolin (Dolin & Ledon, 2002) are based on interpretations but not on the examination of the type material. Fehse (2016) has confirmed the vaility of the genus Neosimnia because the lectotype of Simnia nicaeensis Risso, 1826, type species of Simnia, is never a juvenile specimen of Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) type species of Neosimnia Fischer, 1884.

Species

The valid assignment of the taxa are found in Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. The assumption of Dolin prepared the following chaos: Species within the genus Simnia include:

;Species brought into synonymy:

References

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 138307. ''Simnia'' Risso, 1826
  2. {{WRMS species. 478411. ''Simnia arcuata'' (Reeve, 1865). 6 June 2010
  3. {{WRMS species. 478412. ''Simnia avena'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1832). 6 June 2010
  4. {{WRMS species. 478413. ''Simnia barbarensis'' Dall, 1892. 6 June 2010
  5. {{WRMS species. 478414. ''Simnia bartschi'' (Cate, 1973). 6 June 2010
  6. {{WRMS species. 478415. ''Simnia bijuri'' (Cate, 1976). 6 June 2010
  7. {{WRMS species. 478417. ''Simnia hammesi'' (Bertsch & Bibbey, 1982). 6 June 2010
  8. {{WRMS species. 478419. ''Simnia loebbeckeana'' (Weinkauff, 1881). 6 June 2010
  9. {{WRMS species. 478421. ''Simnia macleani'' (Cate, 1976). 6 June 2010
  10. {{WRMS species. 478428. ''Simnia sculptura'' (Cate, 1973). 6 June 2010
  11. {{WRMS species. 478429. ''Simnia senegalensis'' (F.A. Schilder, 1931). 6 June 2010
  12. {{WRMS species. 478341. ''Simnia spelta'' (Linnaeus, 1758). 6 June 2010
  13. {{WRMS species. 478430. ''Simnia vidleri'' (Sowerby G.B. III, 1881). 6 June 2010

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