OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Olividae
Ancilla acuminata (Sowerby, 1859)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Ancillaria acuminata Sowerby, 1859
Ancilla acuminata (Sowerby, 1859)
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.29
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Ethiopia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Djibouti
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 22 m
]
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
habit: borrowing, infaunal
substrate: sand
References
Kilburn, R.N. 1981. p.373-375 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Olividae
Ancillinae
Ancilla Lamarck, 1799
Ancilla acuminata (Sowerby, 1859)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=80490) created by benamy on 2002-10-17. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-04-03.