Amalda mamillata
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| Amalda mamillata | |
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| Five views of a shell of Amalda mamillata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Amalda |
| Species: | A. mamillata |
| Binomial name | |
| Amalda mamillata (Hinds, 1844) | |
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Amalda mamillata, common name the mammillate ancilla, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is elongated-ovate. It is orange-tawny in color. The body whorl is banded more intensely at the top and base. The spire is very mammillate, grooved, as if lathe-turned, with a pointed apex, and is prominently covered with a rough callus at the front and on the right side. The lower part of the outer lip is toothed, and the columella is thickened with a white callus.[2]
