Ancilla ordinaria

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Ancilla ordinaria
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Shell of Ancilla ordinaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Ancilla
Species:
A. ordinaria
Binomial name
Ancilla ordinaria
E.A. Smith, 1906
Synonyms [1]
  • Ancilla agulhasensis Thiele, J., 1925
  • Ancilla fasciata Reeve, 1864

Ancilla ordinaria, the white-banded ancilla, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae. [1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 21 mm

Distribution

This marine species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa and Mozambique

References

  1. 1 2 Ancilla ordinaria E.A. Smith, 1906 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 21 February 2011.


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