MolluscaBase taxon details
Quasisimnia Lorenz & Fehse, 2009
430501 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430501)
accepted
Genus
Aperiovula robertsoni C. N. Cate, 1973 accepted as Quasisimnia robertsoni (C. N. Cate, 1973) (type by original designation)
marine
feminine
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.
page(s): 22, 104 [details]
page(s): 22, 104 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Quasisimnia Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430501 on 2026-01-23
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original description
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.
page(s): 22, 104 [details]
taxonomy source Nocella, E.; Zvonareva, S. S.; Fassio, G.; Pica, D.; Buge, B.; Villa, R.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2024). Spicy food for the egg-cowries: the evolution of corallivory in the Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1323156
page(s): 16; note: removed from subfamily Simniinae, position suggested in the vicinity of, but not within subfamily Ovulinae [details]
additional source Nocella, E.; Fassio, G.; Lemarcis, T.; Zaharias, P.; Tamagnini, D.; De Leo, N.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M.; Oliverio, M. (2026). A phylogenomic and morphometric reassessment of Ovulidae highlights host-related shell shape evolution. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 217: 108545., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2026.108545
note: position in subfamily Ovulinae now confirmed [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 22, 104 [details]
taxonomy source Nocella, E.; Zvonareva, S. S.; Fassio, G.; Pica, D.; Buge, B.; Villa, R.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2024). Spicy food for the egg-cowries: the evolution of corallivory in the Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1323156
page(s): 16; note: removed from subfamily Simniinae, position suggested in the vicinity of, but not within subfamily Ovulinae [details]
additional source Nocella, E.; Fassio, G.; Lemarcis, T.; Zaharias, P.; Tamagnini, D.; De Leo, N.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M.; Oliverio, M. (2026). A phylogenomic and morphometric reassessment of Ovulidae highlights host-related shell shape evolution. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 217: 108545., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2026.108545
note: position in subfamily Ovulinae now confirmed [details] Available for editors
[request]
