Amalda josecarlosi
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| Amalda josecarlosi | |
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| Shell of Amalda josecarlosi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Amalda |
| Species: | A. josecarlosi |
| Binomial name | |
| Amalda josecarlosi Pastorino, 2003[1] | |
Amalda josecarlosi is a recently discovered species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[2][3]
The length can be up to 22 mm in length. A new species of Ancillariinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. [4] It has an eliptic-ovate shape with five smooth whorls that are flat. The radicula is rachiglossate with three cusps on its rachidian teeth.