Ancilla farsiana

Ancilla farsiana
Shell of Ancilla farsiana (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. farsiana
Binomial name
Ancilla farsiana Kilburn, 1981 [1]
Synonyms
Ancilla (Sparella) farsianaKilburn, 1981 alternative representation

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

Description

The shell reaches a length of 23 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the waters off Oman, Iran, and India

References

1. Kilburn R.N. (1981). Revision of the genus Ancilla, Lamarck, 1799. Ann. Natal Mus. 24(2). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. Ancilla farsiana Kilburn, 1981 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.