Ancilla scaphella

Ancilla scaphella
Shell of Ancilla scaphella (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. scaphella
Binomial name
Ancilla scaphella (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) [1]
Synonyms
Ancilla (Sparella) scaphella(G. B. Sowerby II, 1859) alternative representation Ancillaria scaphellaG. B. Sowerby II, 1859 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 26 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is cylindrical and white. The spire is short. The aperture is large and barely emarginate at the base. The varix is smooth and elongated, with the inferior band scarcely distinct. The inferior suture is elevated.

This shell is cylindrical, white, and smooth. The basal suture is distinct, imparting an angularity to the growth lines and culminating in a scarcely perceptible projection. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine,sepcies occurs off Oman.

References

1. Sowerby G.B. II (1859). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. Thesaurus Conchyliorum 3. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. Ancilla scaphella (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
3. Sowerby, G. B. II. (1859). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. In thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of Genera of Shells, vol. 3 (19). London: G. B. Sowerby II. Retrieved 1 August 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .