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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Mollusk|Mollusca]] |
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| authority = ([[George Brettingham Sowerby II|Sowerby]], 1859) |
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| classis = [[Gastropoda]] |
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| subclassis = [[Orthogastropoda]] |
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| superordo = [[Caenogastropoda]] |
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| ordo = [[Sorbeoconcha]] |
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| subordo = [[Hypsogastropoda]] |
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| infraordo = [[Neogastropoda]] |
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| familia = [[Olividae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Amalda]]'' |
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| binomial = ''Amalda novaezelandiae'' |
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| binomial_authority = (Sowerby, 1859) |
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| synonyms = ''Ancillaria novaezelandiae'' <small>Sowerby, 1859</small><br> |
| synonyms = ''Ancillaria novaezelandiae'' <small>Sowerby, 1859</small><br> |
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''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> |
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''Baryspira novaezelandiae'' <small>Olson, 1956</small><br> |
''Baryspira novaezelandiae'' <small>Olson, 1956</small><br> |
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''Baryspira novaezelandiae benthicola'' <small>[[Richard Dell|Dell]], 1956</small> |
''Baryspira novaezelandiae benthicola'' <small>[[Richard Dell|Dell]], 1956</small> |
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'''''Amalda novaezelandiae''''' is a |
'''''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> |
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==Range of distribution== |
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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]]. |
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==Habitat== |
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This olive lives from shallow water to depths of about 550 [[metre|m]]. |
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[[Category:Amalda|novaezelandiae]] |
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==Shell description== |
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The shell is small and ovate, sometimes with a heavily callused [[spire (mollusc)|spire]]. |
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[[Category:Gastropods described in 1859]] |
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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]], |
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The shell height is up to 10 [[millimetre|mm]], and the width is up to 5 mm. |
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{{Ancillariidae-stub}} |
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[[Category:Olividae]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:51, 7 April 2023
Amalda novaezelandiae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Ancillariidae |
Genus: | Amalda |
Species: | A. novaezelandiae
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Binomial name | |
Amalda novaezelandiae (Sowerby, 1859)
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Synonyms | |
Ancillaria novaezelandiae Sowerby, 1859 |
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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1