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Ancilla lineolata

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Species of gastropod

Ancilla lineolata
Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla lineolata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Ancilla
Species: A. lineolata
Binomial name
Ancilla lineolata
(A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Ancilla oryza Reeve, 1864
  • Ancilla (Sparellina) lineolata (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Ancillaria lineolata A. Adams, 1851 (basionym)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2012)

Distribution

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

References

  1. 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. ^ Ancilla lineolata (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2012.

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Taxon identifiers
Ancilla lineolata


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