Ancilla cinnamomea

Ancilla cinnamomea
Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla cinnamomea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Ancilla
Species:	A. cinnamomea
Binomial name
Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801 [1]
Synonyms
Ancilla coccineaFischer, 1807 Ancillaria castaneaSowerby, 1830 Ancillaria cinnamomeaTryon, 1853 Bulla cypraeaLinnaeus, 1758 Oliva (Viduoliva) vidua cinnamomea (f) Menke, K.T., 1830

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 50mm. Its spire is short and the whirls are indistinct. The pillar at its base has a thick, somewhat striated oblique enlargement. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tanzania, in the Red Sea; off India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

References

1. Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (1801) Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau Général des Classes, des Orders et des Genres de ces Animaux; Présentant leurs Caractères Essentiels et leur Distribution, d’Après la Considération, et Suivant l’Arrangement Établi. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 12 November 2012.
3. Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1817), A descriptive catalogue of recent shells, p. 490 (described as Bulla cypraea)