Ovulidae – Ovulinae: Pellasimnia maccoyi (Tenison-Woods, 1878) (‘Maccoy’s spindle-cowrie’)
Synonym(s): maccoyi Tenison-Woods, 1878.
Typical shell-length 20 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore on gorgonians. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW and TAS).
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Ovulinae
Genus: Pellasimnia