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Ancilla adelphe

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Species of gastropod

Ancilla adelphe
Shell of Ancilla adelphe (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Synonyms

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

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

Description

Shell size 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, and off Seychelles.

References

  1. Kilburn R.N. (1981). Revision of the genus Ancilla, Lamarck, 1799. Ann. Natal Mus. 24(2). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Ancilla adelphe Kilburn, 1981. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Kilburn R.N. (1981). Revision of the genus Ancilla Lamarck, 1799 (Mollusca: Olividae: Ancillinae). Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(2): 349–463
Taxon identifiers
Ancilla adelphe


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