Ancilla giaquintoi

Ancilla giaquintoi
Apertural view of a shell of Ancilla giaquintoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Ancilla
Species: A. giaquintoi
Binomial name
Ancilla giaquintoi
Bozetti, 2006[1]
Synonyms

Ancilla (Sparella) giaquintoi Bozetti, 2006

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

Description

The length of the shell can vary between 15 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia and Madagascar.

References

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