Amalda booleyi

Amalda booleyi
Shell of Amalda booleyi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
Species:
A. booleyi
Binomial name
Amalda booleyi
(Melvill & Sykes, 1896)
Synonyms

Ancilla booleyi Melvill & Sykes, 1897 (original combination)

Amalda booleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, commonly known as olive shells or ancillariids. This species was originally described from the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean.

Description

The shell of Amalda booleyi attains a length of 12.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands.

Taxonomy

Amalda booleyi was originally described as Ancilla booleyi by James Cosmo Melvill and Ernest Ruthven Sykes in 1897, based on specimens collected from the Andaman Islands. It is named after G. H. Booley, who discovered it.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Amalda booleyi (Melvill & Sykes, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Melvill, J.C.; Sykes, E.R. (1897). "Notes on a collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 2: 164–172. Retrieved 1 March 2025.