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Simnia

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 <small>Risso, 1826</small>, type species of Simnia, is a juvenile specimen of Simnia spelta <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> type species of Neosimnia <small>Fischer, 1884</small>. 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 <small>Cate, 1973</small>. 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 <small>Risso, 1826</small>, type species of Simnia, is never a juvenile specimen of Simnia spelta <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> type species of Neosimnia <small>Fischer, 1884</small>.

Species

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

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Simnia acicularis <small>(Lamarck, 1811)</small>: synonym of Cymbovula acicularis <small>(Lamarck, 1811)</small>
  • Simnia aequalis <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)</small>: synonym of Neosimnia avena <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)</small> synonym of Simnia avena <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)</small>
  • Simnia aureocincta <small>Dall, 1899</small>: synonym of Cyphoma aureocinctum <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
  • Simnia brevirostris <small>(Schumacher, 1817)</small>: synonym of Phenacovolva brevirostris <small>(Schumacher, 1817)</small>
  • Simnia hiscocki <small>Lorenz & Melaun, 2011</small>: synonym of Xandarovula hiscocki <small>(Lorenz & Melaun, 2011)</small> (superseded combination)
  • Simnia hyalina <small>Lorenz & Fehse, 2009</small>: synonym of Xandarovula hyalina <small>(Lorenz & Fehse, 2009)</small> (superseded combination)
  • Simnia illyrica <small>(Schilder, 1925)</small>: synonym of Simnia spelta <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
  • Simnia inflexa <small>Schilder, 1941</small>: synonym of Simnialena rufa <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>
  • Simnia inflexa <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>: synonym of Simnialena rufa <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>
  • Simnia jacintoi <small>Fehse & Trigo, 2015</small>: synonym of Xandarovula jacintoi <small>(Fehse & Trigo, 2015)</small> (superseded combination)
  • Simnia nicaeensis <small>Risso, 1826</small>: synonym of Simnia spelta <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
  • Simnia nicaoensis <small>Risso, 1826</small>: synonym of Simnia nicaeensis <small>Risso, 1826</small>
  • Simnia piragua <small>Dall, 1889</small>: synonym of Calcarovula piragua <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
  • Simnia rufa <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>: synonym of Simnialena rufa <small>(Sowerby, 1832)</small>
  • Simnia sowerbyana <small>Paetel, 1887</small>: synonym of Phenacovolva brevirostris <small>(Schumacher, 1817)</small>
  • Simnia uniplicata <small>(Sowerby, 1849)</small>: synonym of Simnialena uniplicata <small>(Sowerby, 1849)</small>
  • † Simnia vibrayana <small>(de Raincourt, 1870)</small> : synonym of † Sandalia vibrayana <small>(de Raincourt, 1870)</small> (superseded combination)
  • Simnia vidleri <small>(Sowerby, 1881)</small>: synonym of Simnia arcuata (Reeve, 1865) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Simnia xanthochila <small>Kuroda, 1928</small>: synonym of Contrasimnia xanthochila <small>(Kuroda, 1928)</small>

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