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Acmaturris ampla

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Acmaturris ampla
Shell of Acmaturris ampla (holotype at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Acmaturris
Species:
A. ampla
Binomial name
Acmaturris ampla
McLean & Poorman, 1971

Acmaturris ampla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution[edit]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Ecuador

References[edit]

  1. ^ WoRMS (2015). Acmaturris ampla McLean & Poorman, 1971. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432900 on 25 February 2017
  • McLean, J.H. & Poorman, R. (1971) New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger, 14, 89–113

External links[edit]

  • "Acmaturris ampla". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Biolib.cz: original image of a shell of Acmaturris ampla