Ancilla ordinaria

Ancilla ordinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Ancilla
Species: A. ordinaria
Binomial name
Ancilla ordinaria
E.A. Smith, 1906
Synonyms[1]
  • Ancilla agulhasensis Thiele, J., 1925
  • Ancilla fasciata Reeve, 1864

Ancilla ordinaria, common name : the White-banded Ancilla, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 21 mm

Distribution

This marine species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa and Mozambique

References

  1. 1 2 Ancilla ordinaria E.A. Smith, 1906 .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 February 2011.
  • Reeve L.A. (1864). The genus Ancillaria. Conch. Icon., vol. 15 page(s): Plate 9, fig. 44


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