Ancillista velesiana

Ancillista velesiana
Shell of Ancillista velesiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Ancillista
Species:	A. velesiana
Binomial name
Ancillista velesiana Iredale, 1936
Synonyms
Ancilla velesiana(Iredale, 1936)

Ancillista velesiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae. ^[1]

Description

This species is characterized by the narrow, smooth, barely twisted columella, the relatively large, blunt protoconch, the thin, finely striate shell, shallow siphonal notch and sutures that are relatively free of secondary callus. ^[2] ]

Distribution

The genus Ancillista velesiana Iredale, 1936), is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland.

References

1. Ancillista velesiana Iredale, 1936 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
2. journals.co.za

• McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs.
• Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp.
• Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp.

External links

• <Iredale, T. (1936). "Australian molluscan notes, no. 2". Records of the Australian Museum. 19 (5).