Ancilla cinnamomea

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Ancilla cinnamomea
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Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla cinnamomea
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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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.

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