Ancilla marmorata

Ancilla marmorata
Shell of Ancilla marmorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Ancilla
Species:	A. marmorata
Binomial name
Ancilla marmorata (Reeve, 1864) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Ancilla puraSowerby, 1892 Ancillaria marmorataReeve, 1864 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 21 mm, its diameter 9 mm.

(Described in Latin as Ancilla nova) The shell is narrowly ovate, quite solid, and white. Its spire is exserted and somewhat pointed, with a slightly callous suture. It consists of four very slightly convex whorls, the last of which is elongated and somewhat inflated. Below the middle, this body whorl is fortified with a rather wide callous band. Above the band, it is encircled by a partly engraved groove. The columella is abbreviated, contorted, and folded, and the aperture is quite wide. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa.

References

1. Reeve L.A. (1864). The genus Ancillaria. Conch. Icon., vol. 15. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. Ancilla marmorata (Reeve, 1864) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
3. Sowerby, G.B. III (1892). Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured. London: G.B. Sowerby. p. 17. Retrieved 10 August 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .