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Amalda petterdi
	Shell of Amalda petterdi (holotype at the Australian Museum)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Amalda
Species:	A. petterdi
Binomial name
	Amalda petterdi; (Tate, 1893)
Synonyms
	Alocospira fusiformis (Petterd, 1886) (invalid: not J. Sowerby, 1850); Amalda fusiformis (Petterd, 1886) (invalid: not J. Sowerby, 1850); Amalda fusiformis fusiformis (Petterd, 1886) (invalid: not J. Sowerby, 1850); Amalda fusiformis gaza (Iredale, 1924) junior subjective synonym; Amalda lanceolata Ninomiya, 1991; Ancillaria fusiformis Petterd, 1886 (invalid; not J. Sowerby, 1850); Ancillaria obtusa Petterd, 1886 junior homonym (not Ancillaria obtusa Swainson, 1825;...); Ancillaria petterdi Tate, 1893 (superseded combination); Baryspira fusiformis (Petterd, 1886) (invalid: not J. Sowerby, 1850); Baryspira fusiformis gaza Iredale, 1924 junior subjective synonym;

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

Description

(Original description as Ancillaria obtusa) The shell is ovate, thick, and glossy, ranging in color from white to pale fulvous. It has approximately five whorls, with a short, rounded spire lined and covered by a thick callous deposit. The apex is blunt and obtuse. The body whorl is bordered by broad, milky zones at both the upper and lower edges and displays linear markings at the base.

The columella is coated with a thick layer of enamel that extends onto the body whorl and appears slightly wrinkled and twisted near the siphonal canal. The outer lip is thin and sharp. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

References

^ ^a ^b Amalda petterdi (Tate, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
^ Petterd, W.F. (1885). "Description of two apparently new species of genus Ancillaria". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1886: 342. Retrieved 14 November 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Ninomiya, T. (1991). "Sixteen new species of the Ancillinae from Australia". Venus. 50 (1): 1–17.

External links

Iredale, T. (1924). "Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49 (3): 179–278.
Tate, R. (1893). "Some additions to the list of the marine Gastropoda of South Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 17 (1): 189–202.

[WoRMS-1] Amalda petterdi (Tate, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.

[2] Petterd, W.F. (1885). "Description of two apparently new species of genus Ancillaria". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1886: 342. Retrieved 14 November 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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