Amalda australis

Amalda australis
A shell of Amalda australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Amalda
Species: A. australis
Binomial name
Amalda australis
(Sowerby, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Ancillaria australis G.B. Sowerby I, 1830 (original combination)
  • Baryspira australis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)

Amalda australis, common name the southern olive, is a medium-sized sea snail, a gastropod mollusc of the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

A shell of Amalda australis apertural view

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. Sartori, A.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Amalda australis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409967 on 2014-01-30


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