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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Taxobox
{{Speciesbox
| name = ''Amalda novaezelandiae''
| status =
| status =
| image = Amalda novaezelandiae 01.jpg
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Amalda novaezelandiae
| phylum = [[Mollusk|Mollusca]]
| authority = ([[George Brettingham Sowerby II|Sowerby]], 1859)
| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
| subclassis = [[Orthogastropoda]]
| superordo = [[Caenogastropoda]]
| ordo = [[Sorbeoconcha]]
| subordo = [[Hypsogastropoda]]
| infraordo = [[Neogastropoda]]
| familia = [[Olividae]]
| genus = ''[[Amalda]]''
| species = '''''A. novaezelandiae'''''
| binomial = ''Amalda novaezelandiae''
| binomial_authority = (Sowerby, 1859)
| synonyms = ''Ancillaria novaezelandiae'' <small>Sowerby, 1859</small><br>
| synonyms = ''Ancillaria novaezelandiae'' <small>Sowerby, 1859</small><br>
''Ancilla nana'' <small>Watson, 1886</small><br>
''Ancilla nana'' <small>Watson, 1886</small><br>
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''Ancilla crystallina'' <small>Brookes, 1926</small><br>
''Ancilla crystallina'' <small>Brookes, 1926</small><br>
''Baryspira novaezelandiae'' <small>Olson, 1956</small><br>
''Baryspira novaezelandiae'' <small>Olson, 1956</small><br>
''Baryspira novaezelandiae benthicola'' <small>[[Richard Dell|Dell]], 1956</small>
''Baryspira novaezelandiae benthicola'' <small>[[Richard Dell|Dell]], 1956</small>
}}
}}


'''''Amalda novaezelandiae''''' is a small sea [[snail]], a [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Olividae]], the olives.
'''''Amalda novaezelandiae''''' is a [[species]] of small [[sea snail]], a [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Ancillariidae]]. This species is endemic to [[New Zealand]] and appears in the fossil record<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Michaux|first=B.|date=1989|title=Morphological variation of species through time|url=https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/38/3/239/2646957|journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|language=en|volume=38|issue=3|pages=239–255|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8312.1989.tb01577.x|issn=0024-4066}}</ref>


==References==
==Range of distribution==
{{reflist}}
This species is [[endemism|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]]. It is found around the [[North Island]], the north of the [[South Island]], and on the [[Chatham Rise]].
* [[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A W B]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [[HarperCollins|William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}


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==Habitat==
This olive lives from shallow water to depths of about 550 [[metre|m]].


[[Category:Amalda|novaezelandiae]]
==Shell description==
[[Category:Gastropods of New Zealand]]
The shell is small and ovate, sometimes with a heavily callused [[spire (mollusc)|spire]].
[[Category:Gastropods described in 1859]]


The external shell coloration is viable, but usually pale, and takes the form of bands; the spire callus is white except for a [[suture (gastropod)|sutural]] zone of orange-brown, a broad white band, and an orange-brown area in the central area of the [[body whorl]],
The shell height is up to 10 [[millimetre|mm]], and the width is up to 5 mm.


{{Ancillariidae-stub}}
==References==
* [[Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A W B]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [[HarperCollins|William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

[[Category:Olividae]]
[[Category:Gastropods of New Zealand]]

Latest revision as of 12:51, 7 April 2023

Amalda novaezelandiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
Species:
A. novaezelandiae
Binomial name
Amalda novaezelandiae
(Sowerby, 1859)
Synonyms

Ancillaria novaezelandiae Sowerby, 1859
Ancilla nana Watson, 1886
Ancilla bicolor Suter, 1913
Ancilla novae-zelandica Suter, 1913
Ancilla crystallina Brookes, 1926
Baryspira novaezelandiae Olson, 1956
Baryspira novaezelandiae benthicola Dell, 1956

Amalda novaezelandiae is a species of small sea snail, a gastropod mollusc of the family Ancillariidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and appears in the fossil record[1]

References

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  1. ^ Michaux, B. (1989). "Morphological variation of species through time". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 38 (3): 239–255. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1989.tb01577.x. ISSN 0024-4066.