Ancillista velesiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[1]
| Ancillista velesiana | |
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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: | Ancillista |
| Species: | A. velesiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancillista velesiana Iredale, 1936
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Description
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The genus A. velesiana Iredale, 1936, contains relatively few species. This genus is characterized conchologically by the narrow, smooth, barely twisted columella pillar, the relatively large, blunt protoconch, the thin, finely striate shell, shallow siphonal notch and sutures that are relatively free of secondary callus. [1]
Distribution
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The genus Ancillista velesiana Iredale, 1936), is supposedly endemic to Australia.[2]
References
edit- ^ Ancillista velesiana Iredale, 1936. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.