Pellasimnia

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.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Pellasimnia :

• Pellasimnia angasi <small>(Reeve, 1865)</small> - the type species of the genus
• Pellasimnia annabelae <small>Lorenz & Fehse, 2009</small>
• Pellasimnia brunneiterma <small>(Cate, 1969)</small>
• Pellasimnia cleaveri <small>Lorenz & Fehse, 2009</small>
• Pellasimnia hochmuthi <small>Lorenz & Fehse, 2009</small>
• Pellasimnia improcera <small>(Azuma & Cate, 1971)</small>
• † Pellasimnia maxwelli <small>Beu & B. A. Marshall, 2011</small>
• Pellasimnia mcoyi <small>(Tenison-Woods, 1878)</small>

• Pellasimnia aurantia <small>Carlsson, 1969</small>: synonym of Phenacovolva aurantia <small>(Sowerby, 1889)</small>
• Pellasimnia exsul <small>Iredale, 1935</small>: synonym of Pellasimnia maccoyi <small>(Tenison-Woods, 1878)</small>
• Pellasimnia verconis <small>Cotton & Godfrey, 1932</small>: synonym of Cuspivolva helenae <small>(Cate, 1973)</small>

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