WoRMS name details
Neosimnia bellamaris S. S. Berry, 1946
432308 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432308)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Neosimnia P. Fischer, 1884 accepted as Simnia Risso, 1826
marine
Berry, S. S. (1946). A new Californian <i>Neosimnia</i>. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 22 (8): 190-193.
note: spelled bella-maris [details] Available for editors
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note: spelled bella-maris [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy Divergent views on this species have been expressed in recent literature. It is treated as a valid species by Cate (1973:...
Taxonomy Divergent views on this species have been expressed in recent literature. It is treated as a valid species by Cate (1973: 72, type species of his new genus Subsimnia) and by the SCAMIT checklist (Cadien et al., 2023), as a synonym of Simnia loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1881) by Dolin & Ledon (2002: 341), and as a nomen dubium, possibly an older name for Phenacovolva lenoreae Cardin & Walls, 1980 by Lorenz & Fehse (2009: 127, despite different morphology) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neosimnia bellamaris S. S. Berry, 1946. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432308 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Berry, S. S. (1946). A new Californian <i>Neosimnia</i>. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 22 (8): 190-193.
note: spelled bella-maris [details] Available for editors [request]
note: spelled bella-maris [details] Available for editors
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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.
note: treated as nomen dubium, possibly an older name for Phenacovolva lenoreae Cardin & Walls, 1980 [details]
note: treated as nomen dubium, possibly an older name for Phenacovolva lenoreae Cardin & Walls, 1980 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Divergent views on this species have been expressed in recent literature. It is treated as a valid species by Cate (1973: 72, type species of his new genus Subsimnia) and by the SCAMIT checklist (Cadien et al., 2023), as a synonym of Simnia loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1881) by Dolin & Ledon (2002: 341), and as a nomen dubium, possibly an older name for Phenacovolva lenoreae Cardin & Walls, 1980 by Lorenz & Fehse (2009: 127, despite different morphology) [details]
