Ancilla boschi

Ancilla boschi
Shell of Ancilla boschi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Ancilla
Species:	A. boschi
Binomial name
Ancilla boschi Kilburn, 1980 [1]
Synonyms
Ancilla (Sparella) boschiKilburn, 1980 alternative representation

Ancilla boschi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Oman.

References

1. Kilburn R.N. (1980). A new Ancilla from the Arabian Sea. Durban Mus. Novit. 12 (14) Page 167-170.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. Ancilla boschi Kilburn, 1980 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.

• Kilburn R.N. (1981). Revision of the genus Ancilla Lamarck, 1799 (Mollusca: Olividae: Ancillinae). Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(2): 349-463.
• Boyer F. (2015). Révision des Ancilla (Olividae: Ancillinae) de Masirah. Xenophora Taxonomy. 9: 3-14.