WoRMS name details
Pellasimnia aurantia (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
432163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432163)
unaccepted
Species
marine
(of Ovulum (Birostra) aurantium G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1889). Some further notes on marine shells collected at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(1): 6-15, pl. 1. [9 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566804
page(s): 11, pl. 1 fig. 15 [details]
page(s): 11, pl. 1 fig. 15 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pellasimnia aurantia (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432163 on 2025-03-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ovulum (Birostra) aurantium G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1889). Some further notes on marine shells collected at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(1): 6-15, pl. 1. [9 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566804
page(s): 11, pl. 1 fig. 15 [details]
page(s): 11, pl. 1 fig. 15 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>Veliger.</em> 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
