Ancillista velesiana

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Ancillista velesiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Ancillista
Species:
A. velesiana
Binomial name
Ancillista velesiana
Iredale, 1936

Ancillista velesiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.[1]

Description[edit]

The genus A. velesiana Iredale, 1936, contains relatively few species. This genus is characterized conchologically by the narrow, smooth, barely twisted columella pillar, the relatively large, blunt protoconch, the thin, finely striate shell, shallow siphonal notch and sutures that are relatively free of secondary callus. [1]

Distribution[edit]

The genus Ancillista velesiana Iredale, 1936), is supposedly endemic to Australia.[2]

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