Amalda mamillata

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Amalda mamillata
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Five views of a shell of Amalda mamillata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
Species:
A. mamillata
Binomial name
Amalda mamillata
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Amalda (Alocospira) mamillata(Hinds, 1844)
  • Ancilla mammillaG. B. Sowerby I, 1844 of authors
  • Ancillaria mamillataHinds, 1844 (original combination)

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is elongated-ovate. It is orange-tawny in color. The body whorl is banded more intensely at the top and base. The spire is very mammillate, grooved, as if lathe-turned, with a pointed apex, and is prominently covered with a rough callus at the front and on the right side. The lower part of the outer lip is toothed, and the columella is thickened with a white callus. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Taiwan and in the South China Sea

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References

  1. ↑ Amalda mamillata (Hinds, 1844) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 14 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Hinds, R.B. (1844–1845). Mollusca. In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. "Sulphur", under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42. London: Smith, Elder and Co. p. 44. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
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