Amalda sinensis

Amalda sinensis
Shell of Amalda sinensis (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. sinensis
Binomial name
Amalda sinensis
Synonyms

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.

Description

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines and off Borneo (Malaysia).

References

  1. ↑ Sowerby G.B. II (1859). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. Thesaurus Conchyliorum 3. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Amalda sinensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. ↑ 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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ↑ Gbif.org: distribution