| Amalda obesa | |
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| Shell of Amalda obesa (preserved specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Amalda |
| Species: | A. obesa |
| Binomial name | |
| Amalda obesa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amalda obesa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 18.8 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is oval and inflated. It is pale with dark mottling and a central dark band. The spire is short and pyramidal, with the whorls that have defined edges. The aperture is large and features a single tooth, while the small varix is white.
This species is more obese than Amalda oblonga , with a shorter spire. The middle of the body whorl has a broad brown band, above and below which are rows of brown spots; the margination is also variegated. [2]
This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth, South Africa
and off Southern Mozambique.
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