Amalda ornata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Amalda |
| Species: | A. ornata
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| Binomial name | |
| Amalda ornata Ninomiya, 1988
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 26.4 mm, its diameter 10.8 mm.
Distribution
editThe marine species occurs off Esperance Bay, Western Australia.
References
edit- ^ Amalda ornata Ninomiya, 1988. 12 November 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Wilson, B. (1994). Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods (vol. 2 ed.). Kallaroo, W.A.: Odyssey Publishing. pp. 1–370.
External links
edit- Ninomiya, T. (1988). "A new subgenus and five new species of the Ancillinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from southwestern Australia, Japan and Taiwan". Venus. 47 (3): 145.