Amalda coccinata

Amalda coccinata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Amalda
Species:	A. coccinata
Binomial name
Amalda coccinata Kilburn, 1980
Synonyms
Amalda (Alocospira) coccinata Kilburn, 1980 Amalda (Exiquaspira) gabelishi Ninomiya, 1988 Ancilla coccinea Hedley, 1914 (non-Fischer, 1807)

Amalda coccinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.

References

1. Amalda coccinata Kilburn, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.

• Kilburn, R.N. (1980). "A new Ancilla from the Arabian Sea, and a discussion of two homonyms in the Ancillinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae)". Durban Museum Novitates. 12 (14): 170.
• Ninomiya, T. 1988. A new subgenus and five new species of the Ancillinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from southwestern Australia, Japan and Taiwan. Venus 47(3): 141-153
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.

External links

• Hedley, C. (1914). Mollusca. in: Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" 1909-14 (H. C. Dannevig, Commonwealth Director of Fisheries), volume II, part 2. p. 67.