Amalda pacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[2]
| Amalda pacei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ancillariidae |
| Genus: | Amalda |
| Species: | A. pacei
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| Binomial name | |
| Amalda pacei Petuch, 1987[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Amalda zeigleri Ninomiya, 1987 | |
Description
editOriginal description: "Shell stocky, heavy, fusiform in shape; spire elevated; main section of body whorl with silky texture; suture bounded by wide band of enamel along shoulder region; spire whorls comprising two distinct zones, lower one with same silky texture of main body whorl, upper one with shiny enameled texture; fascicular band well-developed, surrounding anterior end of shell; shell color pale salmon-orange on main section of body whorl and lower zone of spire; enameled sub-sutural shoulder and fascicular bands bright orange, marked with evenly-spaced, dark orange-brown flammules; columella white, with one large twisted plication; interior of aperture pale salmon-orange; protoconch pale salmon in color, rounded, dome-shaped; operculum large, oval, dark tan in color."[3]
Distribution
editLocus typicus: "Off the Northern coast of Roatan Island, Honduras."[3]; also off Nicaragua and Jamaica. [4]
References
edit- ^ Petuch, E.J. (1987) New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 154 pp.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ a b Amalda pacei Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ a b Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 69. Publ: CERF
- ^ Gbif.org: distribution