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Ancilla adelphe

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Ancilla adelphe
Shell of Ancilla adelphe (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Ancilla
Species:
A. adelphe
Binomial name
Ancilla adelphe
Kilburn, 1981[1]
Synonyms

Ancilla (Sparella) adelphe Kilburn, 1981· accepted, alternate representation

Ancilla adelphe is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Madagascar.

References

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  • Kilburn R.N. (1981). Revision of the genus Ancilla Lamarck, 1799 (Mollusca: Olividae: Ancillinae). Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(2): 349–463