Simnia patula

Simnia patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

==Features ==


 * 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.