Amalda ornata

Amalda ornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Amalda
Species:	A. ornata
Binomial name
Amalda ornata Ninomiya, 1988 [1]
Synonyms
Amalda (Exiquaspira) ornataNinomiya, 1988 · Exiquaspira ornata(Ninomiya, 1988)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 26.4 mm, its diameter 10.8 mm.

Distribution

The marine species occurs off Esperance Bay, Western Australia.

References

1. Ninomiya, Taizo (1988). "A new subgenus and five new species of the Ancillinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from southwestern Australia, Japan and Taiwan". Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology). 47 (3): 141–153 [143]. doi: 10.18941/venusjjm.47.3_141 .
2. Amalda ornata Ninomiya, 1988 . 12 November 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Wilson, B. (1994). Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods (vol. 2 ed.). Kallaroo, W.A.: Odyssey Publishing. pp. 1–370.