Amalda festiva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives.[2]
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| Shell of Amalda festiva (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Amalda |
| Species: | A. festiva
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| Binomial name | |
| Amalda festiva Ninomiya, 1991[1]
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 20 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales.
References
edit- ^ Ninomiya T. (1991). Sixteen new species of the Ancillinae from Australia. Venus 50 (1) Page 1-17.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Amalda festiva Ninomiya, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- Ninomiya, T. (1991). "Sixteen new species of the Ancillinae from Australia". Venus. 50 (1): 1–17.
- Wilson, B. (1994). Australian marine shells, prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, W.A.: Odyssey Publishing.
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