Amalda mucronata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Ancillariidae |
Genus: | Amalda |
Species: | A. mucronata |
Binomial name | |
Amalda mucronata (Sowerby I, 1830) | |
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Amalda mucronata is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae. [1] These snails live in the sandy subtidal near-shore environment where they eat bivalves. Fossil material of this species provides evidence of morphological stasis over 5 million years [2] [3]
The shell height is up to 61 mm, and the width is up to 27 mm.
This marine species is endemic to and occurs off New Zealand. [4]
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