Ancilla lineolata
| Ancilla lineolata | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla lineolata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Ancilla |
| Species: | A. lineolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancilla lineolata (A. Adams, 1853)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Ancilla lineolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.
References
- ↑ Adams A. (1853). Description of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis and Eulima from the Comingian collection. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1851 Page 267-272.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ancilla lineolata (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2012.