Ancilla ventricosa

Ancilla ventricosa
Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla ventricosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Ancilla
Species: A. ventricosa
Binomial name
Ancilla ventricosa
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms

Ancilla (Sparella) ventricosa ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811)

Ancilla ventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Subspecies

  • Ancilla ventricosa fulva (Swainson, 1825)
  • Ancilla ventricosa ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 38 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.

References


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