Amalda hilgendorfi

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Amalda hilgendorfi
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Shell of Amalda hilgendorfi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
Species:
A. hilgendorfi
Binomial name
Amalda hilgendorfi
(Martens, 1897)

Amalda hilgendorfi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae, the olives. [1]

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Subspecies

Description

This species attains a size of 28 mm.

Distribution

Deep water: 400 metres. Pacific Ocean: New Caledonia.

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References

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