Ancilla cinnamomea
Species of gastropod
| Ancilla cinnamomea | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla cinnamomea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Ancilla |
| Species: | A. cinnamomea |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801[1] | |
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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)
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