AMALDA DEPRESSA

Amalda depressa
	Apertural view of a shell of Amalda depressa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Amalda
Species:	A. depressa
Binomial name
	Amalda depressa; ( Sowerby, 1859)
Synonyms
	Amalda (Baryspira) depressa (Sowerby, G.B. II, 1859); Ancillaria depressa G.B. Sowerby II, 1859 (original combination); Baryspira depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859);

Amalda depressa, common name the depressed ancilla, is a species of a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 26 mm.

This marine species is endemic to and occurs off New Zealand.

^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Amalda depressa (Sowerby II, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409970 on 2012-11-14

Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Sowerby G.B. II (1859). Monograph of the genus Ancillaria. Thesaurus Conchyliorum 3 page(s): Species 28, pl. 211, fig. 3.

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Amalda depressa

Apertural view of a shell of Amalda depressa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ancillariidae
Genus:	Amalda
Species:	A. depressa
Binomial name
*Amalda depressa* ( Sowerby, 1859)
Synonyms
Amalda (Baryspira) depressa (Sowerby, G.B. II, 1859) Ancillaria depressa G.B. Sowerby II, 1859 (original combination) Baryspira depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)