Mammilla simiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Mammilla
Species:
M. simiae
Binomial name
Mammilla simiae
(Deshayes, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mamilla simiae (Deshayes, 1848)
  • Mammilla propesimiae Iredale, 1929
  • Natica samarensis Récluz, 1844
  • Natica sigaretina Menke, 1828 (Invalid: junior homonym of Natica sigaretina J. Sowerby, 1824)
  • Natica simiae Deshayes, 1838 (basionym)
  • Polinices simiae Deshayes

Mammilla simiae is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.

References

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  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp
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  • Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380.
  • Hollman M. (2008) Naticidae. In Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 1: 482-501, pls 186-195. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
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