Amalda sinensis
| Amalda sinensis | |
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| Shell of Amalda sinensis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Amalda |
| Species: | A. sinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Amalda sinensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Ancillaria sinensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1859 (original combination) | |
Amalda sinensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
(Original description) A small white shell, resembling Amalda marginata, but much narrower, and with the varix narrower and more obliquely plicated. [3]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines and off Borneo (Malaysia). [4]
References
[edit]- ^ Sowerby G.B. II (1859). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. Thesaurus Conchyliorum 3. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Amalda sinensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ Sowerby, G.B. II (1859). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of Genera of Shells, vol. 3 (19). privately published. pp. 57–67.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Gbif.org: distribution
