Amalda sinensis

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Amalda sinensis
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Shell of Amalda sinensis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
Species:
A. sinensis
Binomial name
Amalda sinensis
Synonyms

Ancillaria sinensisG. B. Sowerby II, 1859 (original combination)

Contents

Amalda sinensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae. [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

(Original description) A small white shell, resembling Amalda marginata , but much narrower, and with the varix narrower and more obliquely plicated. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines and off Borneo (Malaysia). [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Sowerby G.B. II (1859). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. Thesaurus Conchyliorum 3. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Amalda sinensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Sowerby, G.B. II (1859). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of Genera of Shells, vol. 3 (19). privately published. pp. 57–67.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ Gbif.org: distribution
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