Ancilla ventricosa

Ancilla ventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives and the like.[1]

Ancilla ventricosa
Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla ventricosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Ancilla
Species:
A. ventricosa
Binomial name
Ancilla ventricosa
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Ancilla (Sparella) ventricosa ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Ancillaria ventricosa Lamarck, 1811 (original combination)

Subspecies

  • Ancilla ventricosa fulva (Swainson, 1825)
  • Ancilla ventricosa ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 38 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. Ancilla ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2012.
  • Kantor Yu.I., Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2016). Integrative taxonomy approach to Indo-Pacific Olividae: new species revealed by molecular and morphological data. Ruthenica. 26(2): 123–143
  • "Ancilla (Sparella) ventricosa ventricosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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