Amalda

Amalda
A shell of Amalda australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Amalda
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Amalda (Baryspira) P. Fischer, 1883 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Amalda (Gracilispira) Olson, 1956 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Amalda (Spinaspira) Olson, 1956 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Austrancilla Habe, 1959
  • Baryspira Fischer, 1883
  • Gracilispira Olsson, 1956

Amalda is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olives. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Amalda include:[3] [4]

Amalda glandiformis (Lamarck, 1810), a fossil species from the Miocene of Austria
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Adams H. & Adams A. (1853). Gen. Moll. 1: 148.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Amalda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390993 on 2015-01-18
  3. WoRMS : Amalda; accessed : 27 October 2010
  4. . Retrieved 31 January 2007.

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