Amalda coccinata explained

Amalda coccinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.

References

• Kilburn . R.N. . A new Ancilla from the Arabian Sea, and a discussion of two homonyms in the Ancillinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae) . Durban Museum Novitates. . 1980 . 12 . 14 . 170.
• Ninomiya, T. 1988. A new subgenus and five new species of the Ancillinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from southwestern Australia, Japan and Taiwan. Venus 47(3): 141-153
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.

External links

• Book: Hedley . C. . Mollusca. in: Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried out by the F.I.S. "Endeavour" 1909-14 (H. C. Dannevig, Commonwealth Director of Fisheries), volume II, part 2 . 1914 . 67 .