Ancilla cinnamomea

Ancilla cinnamomea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[2]

Ancilla cinnamomea
Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla cinnamomea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Ancilla
Species:
A. cinnamomea
Binomial name
Ancilla cinnamomea
Synonyms
  • Ancilla coccinea Fischer, 1807
  • Ancillaria castanea Sowerby, 1830
  • Ancillaria cinnamomea Tryon, 1853
  • Bulla cypraea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Oliva (Viduoliva) vidua cinnamomea (f) Menke, K.T., 1830

Description

The shell grows to a length of 50 mm. Its spire is short and the whirls are indistinct. The pillar at its base has a thick, somewhat striated oblique enlargement.[3]

Distribution

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

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References
  1. Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (1801) Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau Général des Classes, des Orders et des Genres de ces Animaux; Présentant leurs Caractères Essentiels et leur Distribution, d’Après la Considération, et Suivant l’Arrangement Établi. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 November 2012.
  3. Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1817), A descriptive catalogue of recent shells, p. 490 (described as Bulla cypraea)


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