Amalda festiva

Amalda festiva
Shell of Amalda festiva (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Amalda
Species:	A. festiva
Binomial name
Amalda festiva Ninomiya, 1991 [1]
Synonyms
Amalda (Exiquaspira) festivaNinomiya, T. 1991 Exiquaspira festiva(Ninomiya, 1991)

Amalda festiva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales.

References

1. Ninomiya, Taizo (1991). "Sixteen New Species of the Ancillinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Australia". Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology). 50 (1): 1–17 [7]. doi: 10.18941/venusjjm.50.1_1 .
2. Amalda festiva Ninomiya, 1991 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.

• Wilson, B. (1994). Australian marine shells, prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, W.A.: Odyssey Publishing.

External links

• Des Beechey - Seashells of New South Wales: image