Acmaturris ampla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Acmaturris ampla | |
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| Shell of Acmaturris ampla (holotype at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Acmaturris |
| Species: | A. ampla
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| Binomial name | |
| Acmaturris ampla McLean & Poorman, 1971
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 8 mm.
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Distribution
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This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Ecuador
References
edit- ^ WoRMS (2015). Acmaturris ampla McLean & Poorman, 1971. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432900 on 25 February 2017
- McLean J.H. & Poorman R (1971). "New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae". The Veliger. 14: 89–113.
External links
edit- "Acmaturris ampla". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Biolib.cz: original image of a shell of Acmaturris ampla