Ancilla lineolata
| Ancilla lineolata | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla lineolata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Ancilla |
| Species: | A. lineolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancilla lineolata (A. Adams, 1853)
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Ancilla lineolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.
(Original description in Latin) This ovate-fusiform shell has a short, slightly pointed spire. The spire is a pale tawny color, marked by distinct white sutures and dense, brown longitudinal lines. A raised transverse band circles the body whorl, ending in a sharp denticle at the lip's edge. The oblong aperture opens to a white, tortuous columella that is equipped with oblique folds at its base. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.
References
- ^ a b Ancilla lineolata (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2012.
- ^ Adams A. (1853). Description of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis and Eulima from the Comingian collection. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1851 Page 267-272.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Boyer F. (2015). Note sur les Ancilla (Olividae : Ancillinae) du Golfe d'Aden. Xenophora Taxonomy. 9: 15-18.
External links
- Heinrich Konrad Weinkauff (1837), Systematisches Conchylien-cabinet Bd 5 Abt 1a
- Reeve, L.A. (1864). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15. London: L. Reeve & Co.
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