Ancillina lindae

Ancillina lindae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Ancillina
Species:
A. lindae
Binomial name
Ancillina lindae
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms
  • Gracilancilla lindae Petuch, 1987

Gracilancilla lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.

Description

Original description: "Shell very thin and fragile, very elongated with extremely protracted spire; shell without shoulder, fusiform; aperture elongated, narrow; anterior one-fourth of shell with separate enameled area; protoconch extremely large in proportion to shell size, rounded, dome-like; color pale cream-white, highly polished; columella with 2 plications; interior of aperture pale cream-white."

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Punto Fijo, Paraguana Peninsula,
Gulf of Venezuela, Venezuela."

References

  1. ↑ Gracilancilla lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 104. Publ: CERF
  3. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 104. Publ: CERF