Ancilla cinnamomea explained

Ancilla cinnamomea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 50mm. Its spire is short and the whirls are indistinct. The pillar at its base has a thick, somewhat striated oblique enlargement.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tanzania, in the Red Sea; off India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11671357#page/508/mode/1up Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1817), A descriptive catalogue of recent shells, p. 490 (described as Bulla cypraea)

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