Amalda depressa

Amalda depressa
Apertural view of a shell of Amalda depressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Amalda
Species: A. depressa
Binomial name
Amalda depressa
(Sowerby, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Amalda (Baryspira) depressa (Sowerby, G.B. II, 1859)
  • Ancillaria depressa G.B. Sowerby II, 1859 (original combination)
  • Baryspira depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)

Amalda depressa, common name the depressed ancilla, is a species of a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olive snails or olive shells. [1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Amalda depressa (Sowerby II, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409970 on 2012-11-14
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Sowerby G.B. II (1859). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. Thesaurus Conchyliorum 3 page(s): Species 28, pl. 211, fig. 3.
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