Amalda australis
| Amalda australis | |
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| 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) | |
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Amalda australis, common name the southern olive, is a medium-sized sea snail, a gastropod mollusc of the family Olividae, the olives.[1]
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A shell of Amalda australis apertural view
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
- ↑ 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
- Sowerby G.B. I (1830). Species Conchylirum or concise original descriptions and accompanied by figures of all the species of Recent shells, with their varieties. G.B. Sowerby, London. page(s): Species 27, pl. 211, fig. 1,2
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
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