Ancillista velesiana

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

Description

This species is characterized by the narrow, smooth, barely twisted columella, the relatively large, blunt protoconch, the thin, finely striate shell, shallow siphonal notch and sutures that are relatively free of secondary callus. ]

Distribution

The genus Ancillista velesiana Iredale, 1936), is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland. https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_589

References

• McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs.
• Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp.
• Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp.

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