Amalda beachportensis

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Amalda beachportensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
Species:
A. beachportensis
Binomial name
Amalda beachportensis
(Verco, 1909)[1]

Amalda beachportensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[2]

Description[edit]

Amalda beachportensis is 20.5 mm in length and 9.5 mm in width on average. The triangularyly-oval aperture has a width of 12 mm with a narrow behind. The outher lip is simple and thin with a tooth near its anterior end.[3]

Distribution[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Verco J. (1909). Notes on South Australian marine mollusca with descriptions of new species, part XII. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Australia 33 Page 293-342.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ Amalda beachportensis (Verco, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. ^ Verco, J.C. (1909). Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 33: 293-342, pls 26-29. p. 339.