Amalda australis

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Amalda australis
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A shell of Amalda australis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
Species:
A. australis
Binomial name
Amalda australis
(Sowerby, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Amalda (Baryspira) australis(G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)· accepted, alternate representation
  • † Amalda waikopiroensis(Suter, 1917)
  • Ancillaria australisG.B. Sowerby I, 1830 (original combination)
  • Ancillaria pyramidalisReeve, 1864
  • Baryspira australis(G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
  • † Baryspira australis epacraOlson, 1956

Amalda australis, common name the southern olive, is a medium-sized sea snail, a gastropod mollusc of the family Ancillariidae. [1] These predatory snails live in the inter-tidal sand, [2] an environment that lends itself to high probability of fossilization. [3] Amalda australis fossils date back to the Pliocene and reveal morphological stasis. [4]

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Distribution

A live Amalda australis collected from seagrass bed at Kohimarama Beach, Auckland Amalda australis1.jpg
A live Amalda australis collected from seagrass bed at Kohimarama Beach, Auckland

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Sartori, A.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Amalda australis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409967 on 2014-01-30
  2. 1 2 Michaux, B. (1987). "An analysis of allozymic characters of four species of New Zealand Amalda (Gastropoda: Olividae: Ancillinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 14 (3): 359–366. doi:10.1080/03014223.1987.10423006. ISSN   0301-4223.
  3. ↑ Gemmell, Michael R.; Trewick, Steven A.; Hills, Simon F. K.; Morgan‐Richards, Mary (2019). "Phylogenetic topology and timing of New Zealand olive shells are consistent with punctuated equilibrium". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 58 (1): 209–220. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12342 . ISSN   0947-5745.
  4. ↑ Michaux, B. (1989). "Morphological variation of species through time". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 38 (3): 239–255. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1989.tb01577.x. ISSN   0024-4066.
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