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Amalda coccinata

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Amalda coccinata
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Amalda (Alocospira) coccinata Kilburn, 1980
  • Amalda (Exiquaspira) gabelishi Ninomiya, 1988
  • Ancilla coccinea Hedley, 1914 (non-Fischer, 1807)

Amalda coccinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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