# Simnia patula

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{{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](/source/Thomas_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](/source/Thomas_Pennant), 1777</small>
*''Xandarovula patula'' <small>([Pennant](/source/Thomas_Pennant), 1777)</small>
}}

'''''Simnia patula''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Ovulidae](/source/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](/source/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.

==References==
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Category:Ovulidae
Category:Gastropods described in 1777
Category:Taxa named by Thomas Pennant

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