Pseudosimnia

Pseudosimnia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eocypraeinae of the family Ovulidae.^[2]

Pseudosimnia
shell of Pseudosimnia carnea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Pseudosimnia Schilder, 1927[1]
Type species
Bulla carnea Poiret, 1789
Synonyms[2]
Aperiovula Cate, 1973 Primovula (Pseudosimnia) Schilder, 1927 (superseded combination) Pseudosimnia (Aperiovula) C. N. Cate, 1973· accepted, alternate representation

Species

Species within the genus Pseudosimnia include:

• Pseudosimnia adriatica (Sowerby, 1828)^[3]
• Pseudosimnia alisonae Lorenz & Rosenberg, 2020
• Pseudosimnia angusta Celzard, 2017
• Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789)^[4]
• Pseudosimnia diaphana (Liltved, 1987)^[5]
• Pseudosimnia flava Fehse, 2003^[6]
• Pseudosimnia jeanae (Cate, 1973)^[7]
• Pseudosimnia juanjosensii (Perez & Gomez, 1987)^[8]
• Pseudosimnia lacrima Simone & Cunha, 2012
• Pseudosimnia minima (Talavera, 1975)
• Pseudosimnia nudelmani Lorenz & Fehse, 2009^[9]
• Pseudosimnia pyrulina (A. Adams, 1854)^[10]
• Pseudosimnia shikamai (Cate, 1973)^[11]
• Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940)^[12]
• Pseudosimnia wieseorum Lorenz, 1985^[13]

Species brought into synonymy

• Subgenus Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) Iredale, 1930: synonym of Diminovula Iredale, 1930
• Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) fruticum (Reeve, 1865): synonym of Prionovolva brevis (Sowerby, 1828)
• Pseudosimnia adriatica Schilder, 1941: synonym of Pseudosimnia adriatica (Sowerby, 1828)
• Pseudosimnia alabaster (Reeve, 1865): synonym of Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865)
• Pseudosimnia aurantiomacula Cate & Azuma, 1973: synonym of Diminovula aurantiomacula (Cate & Azuma, 1973)
• Pseudosimnia bilineata Bozzetti, 2009:^[14] synonym of Diminovula bilineata (Bozzetti, 2009) (original combination)
• Pseudosimnia caledonica (Crosse, 1872): synonym of Diminovula caledonica (Crosse, 1872)
• Pseudosimnia coroniola Cate, 1973: synonym of Diminovula coroniola (Cate, 1973)
• Pseudosimnia culmen Cate, 1973: synonym of Diminovula culmen (Cate, 1973)
• Pseudosimnia emilyreidae Cate, 1973: synonym of Diminovula kosugei (Cate, 1973)
• Pseudosimnia filia Azuma, 1974: synonym of Primovula rosewateri (Cate, 1973)
• Pseudosimnia florida Kuroda, 1958: synonym of Primovula roseomaculata (Schepman, 1909)
• Pseudosimnia fulguris Azuma & Cate, 1971: synonym of Primovula fulguris (Azuma & Cate, 1971)
• Pseudosimnia incisa Azuma & Cate, 1971: synonym of Diminovula incisa Azuma & Cate, 1971
• Pseudosimnia kandai Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973: synonym of Testudovolva nipponensis (Pilsbry, 1913)
• Pseudosimnia marginata Sowerby, 1828: synonym of Margovula marginata (Sowerby, 1828)
• Pseudosimnia nubila Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973: synonym of Diminovula whitworthi Cate, 1973
• Pseudosimnia perilla Cate, 1973: synonym of Diminovula dautzenbergi (Schilder, 1931)
• Pseudosimnia pyrifera Cate, 1973: synonym of Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940)
• Pseudosimnia pyriformis Schilder, 1941: synonym of Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865)
• Pseudosimnia pyriformis Kuroda, 1958: synonym of Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865)
• Pseudosimnia sphoni Cate, 1973: synonym of Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940)
• Pseudosimnia striola Cate, 1973: synonym of Diminovula dautzenbergi (Schilder, 1931)
• Pseudosimnia translineata Cate, 1973: synonym of Margovula translineata (Cate, 1973)
• Pseudosimnia verepunctata Iredale, 1930: synonym of Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865)
• Pseudosimnia whitworthi Cate, 1973: synonym of Diminovula whitworthi Cate, 1973

References

1. Schilder F. A. (1927). Arch. Naturgesch. 91: A10, 81.
2. Pseudosimnia F.A. Schilder, 1927. WoRMS (2009). Pseudosimnia F.A. Schilder, 1927. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138306 on 6 June 2010 .
3. Pseudosimnia adriatica (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
4. Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret, 1789). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
5. Pseudosimnia diaphana (Liltved, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
6. Pseudosimnia flava Fehse, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
7. Pseudosimnia jeanae (Cate, 1973). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
8. Pseudosimnia juanjosensii (Perez & Gomez, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
9. Pseudosimnia nudelmani Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
10. Pseudosimnia pyrulina (A. Adams, 1854). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
11. Pseudosimnia shikamai (Cate, 1973). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
12. Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
13. Pseudosimnia wieseorum Lorenz, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
14. Pseudosimnia bilineata Bozzetti, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213