Ancilla ventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives and the like.[1]

Ancilla ventricosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Ancilla
Species:
A. ventricosa
Binomial name
Ancilla ventricosa
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Ancilla (Sparella) ventricosa ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Ancillaria ventricosa Lamarck, 1811 (original combination)

Subspecies edit

  • Ancilla ventricosa fulva (Swainson, 1825)
  • Ancilla ventricosa ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811)

Description edit

 
Ancilla ventricosa fulva

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 38 mm.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.

References edit

  1. ^ Ancilla ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2012.

External links edit

  • Kantor Yu.I., Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2016). Integrative taxonomy approach to Indo-Pacific Olividae: new species revealed by molecular and morphological data. Ruthenica. 26(2): 123–143
  • "Ancilla (Sparella) ventricosa ventricosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.