Amalda australis | |
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A shell of Amalda australis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Ancillariidae |
Genus: | Amalda |
Species: | A. australis |
Binomial name | |
Amalda australis (Sowerby, 1830) | |
Synonyms | |
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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]
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. [2]
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