Amalda

Amalda
A shell of Amalda australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Amalda
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853[1]
Type species
Amalda tankervillii
Swainson, W.A., 1825
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Amalda (Amalda) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted, alternate representation
  • Amalda (Baryspira) P. Fischer, 1883 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Amalda (Gracilispira) Olson, 1956 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Amalda (Mundaspira) Ninomiya, 1990· accepted, alternate representation
  • Amalda (Mundaspira) Ninomiya, 1990· accepted, alternate representation
  • † Amalda (Pinguispira) Finlay, 1926 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Amalda (Spinaspira) Olson, 1956 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Ancilla (Baryspira) P. Fischer, 1883
  • Ancilla (Pinguispira) Finlay, 1926
  • Ancillaria (Amalda) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 superseded rank
  • Austrancilla Habe, 1959
  • Baryspira Fischer, 1883
  • † Baryspira (Gemaspira) Olson, 1956
  • † Baryspira (Gracilispira) Olson, 1956
  • Baryspira (Pinguispira) Finlay, 1926
  • Baryspira (Spinaspira) Olson, 1956
  • Dipsaccus (Amalda) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
  • Gracilispira Olsson, 1956
  • Sandella Gray, 1857

Amalda is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae, the olives and allies.[2]

  1. ^ Adams H. & Adams A. (1853). Gen. Moll. 1: 148.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Amalda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390993 on 2015-01-18