Amalda josecarlosi
| Amalda josecarlosi | |
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| Shell of Amalda josecarlosi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Amalda |
| Species: | A. josecarlosi
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| Binomial name | |
| Amalda josecarlosi Pastorino, 2003[1]
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Amalda josecarlosi is a recently discovered species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[2][3]
Description
The length can be up to 22 mm in length. A new species of Ancillariinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. [4] It has an eliptic-ovate shape with five smooth whorls that are flat. The radicula is rachiglossate with three cusps on its rachidian teeth.
Distribution
This species lives at depths around 60 to 80 metres, off the East coast of Brazil.[1]
References
- ^ Pastorino. 2003. Nautilus 117 (1): 15–22. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Amalda josecarlosi Pastorino, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ "MolluscaBase - Amalda josecarlosi Pastorino, 2003". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ Pastorino, Guido; Pastorino, Guido (2003). "A new species of Ancillariinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean". The Nautilus. 117 (1): 15––22.
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