WoRMS name details
Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
140664 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140664)
unaccepted (Neosimnia treated as synonym of Simnia)
Species
Neosimnia P. Fischer, 1884 accepted as Simnia Risso, 1826
Neosimnia spelta spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Ovula lutea Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted
Ovula rosea Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted
Ovula spelta var. lutea Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ovula spelta var. rosea Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted
Simnia (Neosimnia) spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Neosimnia spelta capitia C. N. Cate, 1973 accepted as Simnia avena (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Subspecies Neosimnia spelta sculptura C. N. Cate, 1973 accepted as Neosimnia sculptura C. N. Cate, 1973 accepted as Simnia sculptura (C. N. Cate, 1973)
- Subspecies Neosimnia spelta senegalensis F. A. Schilder, 1931 accepted as Neosimnia senegalensis F. A. Schilder, 1931 accepted as Simnia senegalensis (F. A. Schilder, 1931)
- Subspecies Neosimnia spelta spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Simnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine
(of Bulla spelta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Neosimnia spelta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140664 on 2026-07-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulla spelta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 726 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 726 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 127. [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Liltved, W. R. (2000). Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. 2nd edn, Seacomber Publications, 224 pp.
page(s): 127. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Mediterranean ovulid | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Neosimnia spelta spelta (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ovula spelta var. lutea Pallary, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Neosimnia spelta spelta (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ovula spelta var. lutea Pallary, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
