Amalda roscoae
| Amalda roscoae | |
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| Shell of Amalda roscoae (specimen at thenNatural 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. roscoae
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| Binomial name | |
| Amalda roscoae Kilburn, 1975
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| Synonyms | |
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Amalda (Alocospira) roscoae Kilburn, 1975 superseded combination | |
Amalda roscoae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 19.6 mm, its diameter 7.8 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Mozambique.
References
[edit]- ^ Amalda roscoae Kilburn, 1975. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- Gratecap, D. (2012). "Le genre Amalda en Afrique Australe". Xenophora. 140: 19–29.
External links
[edit]- Kilburn, R.N. (1975). "Description of two new species of Amalda (Gastropoda: Olividae: Ancillinae) from the South-Western Indian Ocean, with a note on Amalda similis (Sowerby, 1859)". The Veliger. 17 (3).