Ancilla cinnamomea
Ancilla cinnamomea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[2]
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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 | |
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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
- 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.
- Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 November 2012.
- Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1817), A descriptive catalogue of recent shells, p. 490 (described as Bulla cypraea)
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