Ancillista cingulata

Ancillista cingulata
Shell of Ancillista cingulata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Ancillista
Species:	A. cingulata
Binomial name
Ancillista cingulata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830) [1]
Synonyms
Ancilla cingulata(G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) Ancillaria cingulataG. B. Sowerby I, 1830 (original combination)

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

Description

(Original description) The shell is oblong, pale brown, and thin, with a distinct suture. The whorls are swollen, with the upper ones being reddish-brown. The upper margin of each whorl has a rather broad white band, while the lower edge features a very small keel.

The body whorl has two smooth bands at the base, the upper one being reddish-brown. A depression separates the lower band from the columellar varix, which is narrow, thin, white, and very smooth. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.

References

1. Sowerby G.B. I (1830). Species Conchylirum or concise original descriptions and accompanied by figures of all the species of Recent shells, with their varieties. G.B. Sowerby, London.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. Ancillista cingulata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
3. Sowerby, G.B. I (1830). Species conchyliorum, or, Concise original descriptions and observations accompanied by figures of all the species of recent shells, with their varieties. Vol. I, part I. London: G.B. Sowerby. Retrieved 13 August 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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