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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Ancillinae

Amalda dimidiata (Sowerby II, 1859)
Not found in the Western Atlantic?


Maximum Reported Size: 21  mm

Details


Ancillaria dimidiata Sowerby II, 1859, p. 62, pl. 213, figs. 55-56
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Red Sea
Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
References: Pastorino (2003) M
Comments: According to Pastorino (2003), records of this species from Argentina and Brazil are Amalda josecarlosi. The species was described from the Red Sea, and its true provenance is unknown. It may still prove to be Western Atlantic.


Partial List of References

Sowerby, G. B., II. 1859. Monograph of the genus Ancillaria, Lamk. Thesaurus Conchyliorum 3 57-67, pls. 211-214

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