Amalda festiva

Amalda festiva
Shell of Amalda festiva (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: Amalda
Species:
A. festiva
Binomial name
Amalda festiva
Ninomiya, 1991[1]
Synonyms
  • Amalda (Exiquaspira) festiva Ninomiya, T. 1991
  • Exiquaspira festiva (Ninomiya, 1991)

Amalda festiva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. ↑ Ninomiya, Taizo (1991). "Sixteen New Species of the Ancillinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Australia". Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology). 50 (1): 1–17 [7]. doi:10.18941/venusjjm.50.1_1.
  2. ↑ Amalda festiva Ninomiya, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Wilson, B. (1994). Australian marine shells, prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, W.A.: Odyssey Publishing.


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