Ancilla acuminata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Ancilla |
| Species: | A. acuminata
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| Ancilla acuminata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)[1]
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Ancilla acuminata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[2]
Description
(Original description in Latin) The shell is elongated, cinnamon-colored or white, and faintly tawny internally. The spire is exserted and acuminated. The suture is calloused. The body whorl is subangulate. The inferior suture is white, with a simple, chestnut inferior band. The varix is thick, tortuous, and striated. The aperture is oblong and unidentate (one-toothed) below.
An angle in the body whorl imparts a pyramidal form to the spire, which is also characterized by a slight rising around the whorls at the suture. The sides of the shell are rather straight. In other respects, it resembles the more acuminated specimens of Ancilla albisulcata. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea; also off Eritrea, Madagascar, Tanzania, Seychelles, India.
References
- ^ Sowerby G.B. II (1859). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. Thesaurus Conchyliorum 3. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Ancilla acuminata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859). 31 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1859). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. In thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of Genera of Shells, vol. 3 (19). London: G. B. Sowerby II. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
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