Amalda bathamae

Amalda bathamae
Shell of Amalda bathamae (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Amalda
Species:	A. bathamae
Binomial name
Amalda bathamae (Dell, 1956)
Synonyms
Amalda (Baryspira) bathamae (Dell, 1956) alternative representation Baryspira bathamae Dell, 1956 Baryspira bathami Dell, 1956

Amalda bathamae is a species of small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae.

Taxonomy

Status unbcertain.

Description

The length of the shell attains 37 mm, its diameter 19 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off eastern Otago, South Island, and off Bounty Islands

References

• Dell, R.K. (1956). "The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand". Dominion Museum Bulletin.: 124.
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Hart, M.R. "Review of the genus Amalda from New Zealand with a description of a new species & the elevation of another subspecies to full species status". World Shell.

External links

• New Zealand Mollusca: Amalda bathamae - image

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