Amalda depressa

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Amalda depressa
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Apertural view of a shell of Amalda depressa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
Species:
A. depressa
Binomial name
Amalda depressa
Synonyms
  • Amalda (Baryspira) depressa(Sowerby, G.B. II, 1859)
  • Ancillaria depressaG.B. Sowerby II, 1859 (original combination)
  • Ancillaria lataF. W. Hutton, 1885 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Baryspira (Pinguispira) depressa(G. B. Sowerby II, 1859) unaccepted (superseded combination)
  • Baryspira depressa(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)

Amalda depressa, common name the depressed ancilla, is a species of a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 26 mm.

(Original description) The spire is shorter than in Amalda australis , and the thickened callus of the columella and spire gives greater width to the top. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to and occurs off New Zealand.

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References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Amalda depressa (Sowerby II, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409970 on 2012-11-14
  2. Sowerby, G.B. II (1859). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of Genera of Shells, vol. 3 (19). privately published. pp. 57–67.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .