Amalda southlandica

Amalda southlandica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Amalda
Species:	A. southlandica
Binomial name
Amalda southlandica (Fleming, 1948)
Synonyms
Baryspira southlandica Fleming, 1948

Amalda southlandica, is a poorly known species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae. [1]

The evaluation of the species remains incomplete, because so far only juveniles have been found. Juvenile specimens of this olive have been found at depths of between 25 and 60 m.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Fiordland.

References

1. Amalda southlandica (C. A. Fleming, 1948). 17 November 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

• Powell, A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
• Fleming, C. A. (1948). "New species and genera of marine Mollusca from the Southland Fiords". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 77: 90.
• Michaux, B. (1987). "An analysis of allozymic characters of four species of New Zealand Amalda (Gastropoda: Olividae: Ancillinae),". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 14 (3): 359.
• Spencer, H. G.; Marshall, B. A.; Willan, R. C. (2009). "Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca". In Gordon, D. P. (ed.). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, Volume One – Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. pp. 196–219.