Biology:Ancilla adelphe

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Ancilla adelphe
Ancilla adelphe (MNHN-IM-2009-15519).jpeg
Shell of Ancilla adelphe (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Ancilla
Species:
A. adelphe
Binomial name
Ancilla adelphe
Kilburn, 1981[1]
Synonyms

Ancilla (Sparella) adelphe Kilburn, 1981ยท accepted, alternate representation

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

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar .

References

  • Kilburn R.N. (1981). Revision of the genus Ancilla Lamarck, 1799 (Mollusca: Olividae: Ancillinae). Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(2): 349โ€“463

Wikidata ☰ Q4753000 entry