Ancilla lineolata

Ancilla lineolata
Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla lineolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Ancilla
Species:	A. lineolata
Binomial name
Ancilla lineolata (A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms [1]
Ancilla oryzaReeve, 1864 Ancilla (Sparellina) lineolata(A. Adams, 1853) Ancillaria lineolataA. Adams, 1851 (basionym)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.

(Original description in Latin) This ovate-fusiform shell has a short, slightly pointed spire. The spire is a pale tawny color, marked by distinct white sutures and dense, brown longitudinal lines. A raised transverse band circles the body whorl, ending in a sharp denticle at the lip's edge. The oblong aperture opens to a white, tortuous columella that is equipped with oblique folds at its base. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References

1. Ancilla lineolata (A. Adams, 1853) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 November 2012.
2. Adams A. (1853). Description of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis and Eulima from the Comingian collection. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1851 Page 267-272. . World Register of Marine Species , Retrieved 28 April 2010. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Boyer F. (2015). Note sur les Ancilla (Olividae : Ancillinae) du Golfe d'Aden. Xenophora Taxonomy. 9: 15-18.

External links

• Heinrich Konrad Weinkauff (1837), Systematisches Conchylien-cabinet Bd 5 Abt 1a
• Reeve, L.A. (1864). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15. London: L. Reeve & Co.