Ancillina lindae
| Ancillina lindae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Ancillina |
| Species: | A. lindae
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancillina lindae (Petuch, 1987)
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| Synonyms | |
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Gracilancilla lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[1]
Description
Original description: "Shell very thin and fragile, very elongated with extremely protracted spire; shell without shoulder, fusiform; aperture elongated, narrow; anterior one-fourth of shell with separate enameled area; protoconch extremely large in proportion to shell size, rounded, dome-like; color pale cream-white, highly polished; columella with 2 plications; interior of aperture pale cream-white."[2]
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Off Punto Fijo, Paraguana Peninsula,
Gulf of Venezuela, Venezuela."[3]
References
- ^ Gracilancilla lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 104. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 104. Publ: CERF