Ancilla djiboutina

Ancilla djiboutina
Shell of Ancilla djiboutina (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Ancilla
Species:	A. djiboutina
Binomial name
Ancilla djiboutina (Jousseaume, 1894) [1]
Synonyms
Ancilla djiboutiensisDautzenberg, 1932 (invalid emendation of Ancillaria djiboutina) Ancillaria djiboutinaJousseaume, 1894 (original combination)

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

Description

This species' shell grows to approximately 26 mm long, with a diameter of  mm.

(Original description in Latin) An oblong-ovate shell, pale tawny above, whitish below, with a callous, conically pointed spire encircled by white lines at the suture. The lower suture is white-margined and toothed; the anterior band is fleshy-tawny, divided in the middle. The aperture is elongated, triangular, and flared at the base. The columella is tortuous, white, and very finely striated. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species is found off Djibouti, East Africa.

References

1. Jousseaume, F. P. 1894. Diagnose des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, série 8, 6:98–105.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. Ancilla djiboutina (Jousseaume, 1894) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
3. Jousseaume [F.P.] 1894. Diagnoses des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 8(6): 98–105 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Boyer F. (2015). Révision des Ancilla (Olividae: Ancillinae) de Masirah. Xenophora Taxonomy. 9: 3–14

External links

• Dautzenberg, P. (1932). "Mollusques Testacés marins de Madagascar, supplément". Journal de Conchyliologie. 76: 26.