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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.

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