| Ancilla lineolata | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla lineolata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Ancilla |
| Species: | A. lineolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancilla lineolata | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Ancilla lineolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae. [2]
The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.
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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.
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