Amalda coccinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[1]
| Amalda coccinata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Amalda |
| Species: | A. coccinata
|
| Binomial name | |
| Amalda coccinata Kilburn, 1980
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 45 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2024) |
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.
References
edit- ^ Amalda coccinata Kilburn, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- Kilburn, R.N. (1980). "A new Ancilla from the Arabian Sea, and a discussion of two homonyms in the Ancillinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae)". Durban Museum Novitates. 12 (14): 170.
- Ninomiya, T. 1988. A new subgenus and five new species of the Ancillinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from southwestern Australia, Japan and Taiwan. Venus 47(3): 141-153
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
External links
edit- Hedley, C. (1914). Mollusca. in: Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" 1909-14 (H. C. Dannevig, Commonwealth Director of Fisheries), volume II, part 2. p. 67.