Amalda southlandica, is a poorly known species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae. [1]
| Amalda southlandica | |
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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. southlandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Amalda southlandica (Fleming, 1948)
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| Synonyms | |
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Baryspira southlandica Fleming, 1948 | |
The evaluation of the species remains incomplete, because so far only juveniles have been found. Juvenile specimens of this olive have been found at depths of between 25 and 60 m.
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Fiordland.
References
edit- ^ Amalda southlandica (C. A. Fleming, 1948). 17 November 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Fleming, C.A. (1948). "New species and genera of marine Mollusca from the Southland Fiords". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 77: 90.
- Michaux, B. (1987). "An analysis of allozymic characters of four species of New Zealand Amalda (Gastropoda: Olividae: Ancillinae),". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 14 (3): 359.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.
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