Turrancilla akontistes

Turrancilla akontistes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Turrancilla akontistes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Turrancilla
Species:
T. akontistes
Binomial name
Turrancilla akontistes
Kilburn, 1980
Synonyms
  • Ancillaria lanceolata Martens, 1901 (invalid: junior homonym of Ancillaria lanceolara Tate, 1889; Ancillus akontistes is a replacement name)
  • Ancillus akontistes Kilburn, 1980 (basionym)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.

References
  1. Turrancilla akontistes Kilburn, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.


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