Amalda pacei explained

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

Description

Original description: "Shell stocky, heavy, fusiform in shape; spire elevated; main section of body whorl with silky texture; suture bounded by wide band of enamel along shoulder region; spire whorls comprising two distinct zones, lower one with same silky texture of main body whorl, upper one with shiny enameled texture; fascicular band well-developed, surrounding anterior end of shell; shell color pale salmon-orange on main section of body whorl and lower zone of spire; enameled sub-sutural shoulder and fascicular bands bright orange, marked with evenly-spaced, dark orange-brown flammules; columella white, with one large twisted plication; interior of aperture pale salmon-orange; protoconch pale salmon in color, rounded, dome-shaped; operculum large, oval, dark tan in color."[1]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off the Northern coast of Roatan Island, Honduras."[1]

Notes and References

  1. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 69. Publ: CERF