| Ancilla ovalis | |
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| Shell of Ancilla ovalis (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. ovalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancilla ovalis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) [1] | |
Ancilla ovalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae. [2]
The length of the shell attains 10 mm.
The shell is oval, white, and ventricose. The spire is produced. The aperture is rather short and unidentate (one-toothed) anteriorly. The columellar varix is small and sulcate, with the inferior band indistinct.
Reminiscent of Ancilla castanea , this small, white, and ventricose shell differs in having a much shorter aperture and a very small varix, while its basal belt remains indistinct. [3]
This marine species occurs off Oman.
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