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Amalda bathamae

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Amalda bathamae
Shell of Amalda bathamae (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
Species:
A. bathamae
Binomial name
Amalda bathamae
(Dell, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Amalda (Baryspira) bathamae (Dell, 1956) alternative representation
  • Baryspira bathamae Dell, 1956
  • Baryspira bathami Dell, 1956

Amalda bathamae is a species of small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae.[1]

Taxonomy

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Status unbcertain.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 37 mm, its diameter 19 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off eastern Otago, South Island, and off Bounty Islands[2]

References

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  • Dell, R.K. (1956). "The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand". Dominion Museum Bulletin.: 124.
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Hart, M.R. "Review of the genus Amalda from New Zealand with a description of a new species & the elevation of another subspecies to full species status". World Shell.
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