A fact from Simnia spelta appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know... that the colour of the sea snail Simnia spelta varies, but when it grazes on the
white gorgonian it mimics the twigs?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Gastropods, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
gastropods on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
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Taxonomy: For all marine species, Project Gastropods uses the taxonomy in the online database
WoRMS. When starting a new article, do not use sources of taxonomic information that predate the 2017 revision for all gastropod groups ("Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families" by Philippe Bouchet & Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael Schrödl and Ellen E. Strong in Malacologia, 2017, 61(1–2): 1–526.) (can be dowloaded at
Researchgate.net), substituting the previous classification of 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). If you need help with any aspect of an article, please leave a note at the Project talk page.
A fact from Simnia spelta appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 January 2015 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the colour of the sea snail Simnia spelta varies, but when it grazes on the
white gorgonian it mimics the twigs?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Gastropods, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
gastropods on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.GastropodsWikipedia:WikiProject GastropodsTemplate:WikiProject GastropodsGastropods articles
Taxonomy: For all marine species, Project Gastropods uses the taxonomy in the online database
WoRMS. When starting a new article, do not use sources of taxonomic information that predate the 2017 revision for all gastropod groups ("Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families" by Philippe Bouchet & Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael Schrödl and Ellen E. Strong in Malacologia, 2017, 61(1–2): 1–526.) (can be dowloaded at
Researchgate.net), substituting the previous classification of 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). If you need help with any aspect of an article, please leave a note at the Project talk page.
