Amalda scopuloceti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[2]
| Amalda scopuloceti | |
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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. scopuloceti
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| Binomial name | |
| Amalda scopuloceti Kilburn, 1993[1]
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 12.8 mm, its diameter 8.6 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the inner continental shelf off central Eastern Cape coast, South Africa.
References
edit- ^ Kilburn R.N. (1993). Notes on some South African Ancillinae with descriptions of five new species of Amalda. Ann. Natal Mus. 34(2) Page 369-389.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Amalda scopuloceti Kilburn, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- Gratecap, D. (2012). "Le genre Amalda en Afrique Australe". Xenophora. 140: 19–29.
- Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. published by the authors. p. 151.
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