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 33-50mm. ^[3] Its spire is short and the whirls are indistinct. The pillar at its base has a thick, somewhat striated oblique enlargement. ^[4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tanzania, in the Red Sea; off India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. ^[5]

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. Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet de; Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet de (1801). Systême des animaux sans vertèbres; ou, Tableau général des classes, des classes, des orres et des genres de ces animaux. Paris: L'Auteur.
4. Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1817), A descriptive catalogue of recent shells, p. 490 (described as Bulla cypraea)
5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 12 November 2025.