Ancilla boschi

Ancilla boschi
Shell of Ancilla boschi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Ancilla
Species:
A. boschi
Binomial name
Ancilla boschi
Kilburn, 1980[1]
Synonyms

Ancilla (Sparella) boschi Kilburn, 1980 alternative representation

Ancilla boschi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Oman.

References

  • Kilburn R.N. (1981). Revision of the genus Ancilla Lamarck, 1799 (Mollusca: Olividae: Ancillinae). Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(2): 349-463.
  • Boyer F. (2015). Révision des Ancilla (Olividae: Ancillinae) de Masirah. Xenophora Taxonomy. 9: 3-14.