Amalda tankervillii
| Amalda tankervillii | |
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| Amalda tankervillii shell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Amalda |
| Species: | A. tankervillii |
| Binomial name | |
| Amalda tankervillii (Swainson, 1825)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Amalda tankervillii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
This gastropod (Swainson, 1825) is probably named for Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville (or less probably his son).[3]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 91 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and down to Brasil.
References
- ↑ Swainson W.J. (1823). A monograph of the genus Ancillaria, with descriptions of several new species. Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts 18 Page 272-289.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Amalda tankervillii (Swainson, 1825). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580824 on 2016-04-03
- ↑ Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names accessed 3 March 2016
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