Ancilla exigua

Ancilla exigua
Shell of Ancilla exigua (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. exigua
Binomial name
Ancilla exigua (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
Synonyms [1]
Ancilla (Chilotygma) exigua(G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) Ancillaria exiguaG. B. Sowerby I, 1830 Chilotygma exigua(G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)

Ancilla exigua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae. ^[1]

Subspecies

• Ancilla exigua exigua(G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)
• Ancilla exigua sulcataThiele, 1925

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is tiny and oblong, with an acuminated spire that equals the length of the aperture. The body whorl is furnished with a single basal band and a groove above the varix. The varix is short and obliquely striated. A solitary columellar fold is located in the upper part of the aperture, and the outer lip is toothless. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is found off the coasts of Mozambique and Tanzania, as well as off Yemen and Oman.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Ancilla exigua (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
2. Sowerby, G.B. I (1830). Species conchyliorum, or, Concise original descriptions and observations accompanied by figures of all the species of recent shells, with their varieties. Vol. I, part I. London: G.B. Sowerby. p. 4. Retrieved 5 August 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Further reading

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