Amalda miriky

Amalda miriky
Shell of Amalda miriky (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Amalda
Species:	A. miriky
Binomial name
Amalda miriky Kantor, Castelin, Fedosov & Bouchet, 2020

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 53 mm

The shell is fusiform with a large, dome-shaped protoconch, the first whorl having a diameter of approximately 1.25 mm. Both the primary and secondary calluses are densely and distinctly micro-shagreened. The olivoid groove is very shallow and barely noticeable. The anterior band is divided by a prominent fasciolar ridge into an upper and a lower band, with the upper band being twice as wide as the lower.

The upper anterior band features a distinct ridge, rounded at the top. The body whorl varies in color from light yellow to light orange, while the olivoid band is pale. The upper anterior band is orange-brown, and the lower anterior band and plication plate are white. The primary callus is orange-brown, and the spire whorls exhibit a slight bluish tint. The protoconch shares the same color as the primary callus. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Madagascan part of the Mozambique Channel

References

1. Amalda miriky Kilburn & Bouchet, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
2. Yuri I. Kantor, Magalie Castelin, Alexander Fedosov, Philippe Bouchet (2020), The Indo-Pacific Amalda (Neogastropoda, Olivoidea, Ancillariidae) revisited with molecular data, with special emphasis on New Caledonia; European Journal of Taxonomy, [S.l.], n. 706, aug. 2020. ISSN 2118-9773 [[source-attribution}}