Simnia patula

Simnia patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.^[2]

Simnia patula
Xandarovula patula shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Simnia
Species:	S. patula
Binomial name
Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Bulla patula Pennant, 1777 Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777)

Features[3]

• It is up to 0,8 cm in diameter and 2 cm in length.

• Small, shiny, oval-shell, convoluted.

• The elongated oval aperture is narrower than the rest of the shell, with flared lips.
• A shell that is white, yellow or pinkish.
• With brown stripes and spots mainly on the mantle, the body is yellow.
• The mantle has two flaps which, when the animal is active, cover the mantle.

References

1. Pennant T. (1777) British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea: i–viii, 1–154, Plates 1–93. London, p. 117.
2. Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). Gofas, S. (2010). Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224890 on 5 June 2010 .
3. "MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network - A gastropod (Simnia patula)". www.marlin.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2021.