Ancilla cinnamomea

Ancilla cinnamomea
	Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla cinnamomea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Ancilla
Species:	A. cinnamomea
Binomial name
	Ancilla cinnamomea; Lamarck, 1801
Synonyms
	Ancilla coccinea Fischer, 1807; Ancillaria castanea Sowerby, 1830; Ancillaria cinnamomea Tryon, 1853; Bulla cypraea Linnaeus, 1758; Oliva (Viduoliva) vidua cinnamomea (f) Menke, K.T., 1830;

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 50mm. Its spire is short and the whirls are indistinct. The pillar at its base has a thick, somewhat striated oblique enlargement.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tanzania, in the Red Sea; off India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

References

^ Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (1801) Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau Général des Classes, des Orders et des Genres de ces Animaux; Présentant leurs Caractères Essentiels et leur Distribution, d’Après la Considération, et Suivant l’Arrangement Établi. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
^ Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 November 2012.
^ Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1817), A descriptive catalogue of recent shells, p. 490 (described as Bulla cypraea)

[1] Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (1801) Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau Général des Classes, des Orders et des Genres de ces Animaux; Présentant leurs Caractères Essentiels et leur Distribution, d’Après la Considération, et Suivant l’Arrangement Établi. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.

[WoRMS-2] Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 November 2012.

[3] Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1817), A descriptive catalogue of recent shells, p. 490 (described as Bulla cypraea)

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