Ancilla lineolata

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

Ancilla lineolata
Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla lineolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Ancilla
Species:
A. lineolata
Binomial name
Ancilla lineolata
(A. Adams, 1853)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Ancilla oryza Reeve, 1864
  • Ancilla (Sparellina) lineolata (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Ancillaria lineolata A. Adams, 1851 (basionym)

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
  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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