Amalda raoulensis

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Amalda raoulensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
Species:
A. raoulensis
Binomial name
Amalda raoulensis
(Powell, 1967)

Amalda raoulensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae. [1]

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Description

This species attains a size of 56 mm.

Distribution

Dredged in very deep water from Kermadec Islands to Lau–Colville Ridge, north of North Island, New Zealand.

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