Simnia patula

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Speciesbox | image = Ovula patula (Sowerby).jpg | image_caption = ''Xandarovula patula'' shell | taxon = Simnia patula | authority = (Pennant, 1777)<ref>Pennant T. (1777) British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea: i–viii, 1–154, Plates 1–93. London, [http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN578030950|LOG_0010&physid=PHYS_0142 p. 117].</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS"/> | synonyms = *''Bulla patula'' <small>Pennant, 1777</small> *''Xandarovula patula'' <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small> }}

'''''Simnia patula''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|224890|''Xandarovula patula'' (Pennant, 1777)|||Gofas, S. (2010). Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224890</nowiki> on 5 June 2010}}</ref>

==Features== Source:<ref>{{Cite web|title=MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network - A gastropod (Simnia patula)|url=https://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/3|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.marlin.ac.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref>

* It is up to 0,8 cm in diameter and 2 cm in length.

* Small, shiny, oval-shell, convoluted.

* The elongated oval aperture is narrower than the rest of the shell, with flared lips. * A shell that is white, yellow or pinkish. * With brown stripes and spots mainly on the mantle, the body is yellow. * The mantle has two flaps which, when the animal is active, cover the mantle.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Simnia Patula}} Category:Ovulidae Category:Gastropods described in 1777 Category:Taxa named by Thomas Pennant