Amalda booleyi

Amalda booleyi
Shell of Amalda booleyi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
Species:
A. booleyi
Binomial name
Amalda booleyi
(Melvill & Sykes, 1896)[1]
Synonyms

Ancilla booleyi Melvill & Sykes, 1897 (original combination)

Amalda booleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 12.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands.

References

  1. ^ 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, pl. 13.
  2. ^ Amalda booleyi (Melvill & Sykes, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.


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