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Pellasimnia angasi
	Pellasimnia angasi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Pellasimnia
Species:	P. angasi
Binomial name
	Pellasimnia angasi; (Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms
	Aclyvolva haynesi (Sowerby, 1889); Aclyvolva lamyi (Schilder, 1932); Neosimnia lamyi Schilder, 1932; Neosimnia subreflexa Allan, 1956; Ovulum angasi Reeve, 1865; Ovulum haynesi Sowerby, 1889; Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865); Phenacovolva angasi (Reeve, 1865); Phenacovolva exsul Iredale, 1935; Phenacovolva haynesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889); Volva haynesi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889);

Pellasimnia angasi, common name Angas's volva, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 38 mm.

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and Australia.

^ ^a ^b Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865). WoRMS (2009). Pellasimnia angasi (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431083 on 22 October 2011 .

Schilder, F.A., 1932. The living species of Amphiperatinae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 20 (1): 46–64
Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1–117
Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.

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