Amalda reevei

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Amalda reevei
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Shell of Amalda reevei (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
Species:
A. reevei
Binomial name
Amalda reevei
(E.A. Smith, 1904)
Synonyms [1]
  • Amalda calliferaThiele, 1925
  • Ancilla reeveiE. A. Smith, 1904 (original combination)
  • Ancilla reevei var. bipartitaW. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm, its diameter 10 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The smooth shell is elongate-ovate. It is pale flesh-colored, lighter below the suture. The spire is more or less covered with a pale callus. The shell contains about 5 whorls, with the body whorl large, elongated, and slightly convex, with two oblique grooves in front, and a brown-spotted band between the grooves. The outer lip is pale and slightly curved. The columella is thickened at the front, somewhat reflexed, obliquely grooved, and either white or pale pink. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa.

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References

  1. 1 2 Amalda reevei (E.A. Smith, 1904) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
  2. Smith, E.A. (1904). "On a collection of marine shells from Port Alfred, Cape Colony". Journal of Malacology. 11 (2): 29. Retrieved 14 November 2024.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .