Ancilla djiboutina
| Ancilla djiboutina | |
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| Shell of Ancilla djiboutina (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Ancilla |
| Species: | A. djiboutina |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancilla djiboutina (Jousseaume, 1894)[1] | |
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Ancilla djiboutina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives.[2]
Description
This species' shell grows to approximately 26 mm long, with a diameter of mm.
(Original description in Latin) An oblong-ovate shell, pale tawny above, whitish below, with a callous, conically pointed spire encircled by white lines at the suture. The lower suture is white-margined and toothed; the anterior band is fleshy-tawny, divided in the middle. The aperture is elongated, triangular, and flared at the base. The columella is tortuous, white, and very finely striated. [3]
Distribution
This marine species is found off Djibouti, East Africa.
References
- ^ Jousseaume, F. P. 1894. Diagnose des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, série 8, 6:98–105.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Ancilla djiboutina (Jousseaume, 1894). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ Jousseaume [F.P.] 1894. Diagnoses des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 8(6): 98–105
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Boyer F. (2015). Révision des Ancilla (Olividae: Ancillinae) de Masirah. Xenophora Taxonomy. 9: 3–14
External links
- Dautzenberg, P. (1932). "Mollusques Testacés marins de Madagascar, supplément". Journal de Conchyliologie. 76: 26.