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Taxonomy
Family:
ANCILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Olivoidea (Superfamily)
> Ancillariidae (Family)
> Amalda (Genus)
> depressa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amalda (Baryspira) depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) accepted, alternate representation
=Ancillaria depressa G.B. Sowerby II, 1859
=Ancillaria lata Hutton, 1885
=Baryspira (Pinguispira) depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
=Baryspira depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
Images: Amalda depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
From shallow water, Far North. 16mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
ANCILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Olivoidea (Superfamily)
> Ancillariidae (Family)
> Amalda (Genus)
> depressa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amalda (Baryspira) depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) accepted, alternate representation
=Ancillaria depressa G.B. Sowerby II, 1859
=Ancillaria lata Hutton, 1885
=Baryspira (Pinguispira) depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
=Baryspira depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
Details: Amalda depressa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
Northern and south-western North Island, and far northern South Island, from 0-46m
Notes:
Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Scott, I. Aug/1985 Some observations on Amalda depressa, Poirieria, 14(2) (p.13)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.208)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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