Amalda

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Amalda

Genus of gastropods

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

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These snails usually live in the sand in fairly shallow water in tropical and temperate regions of the world. Most species are predators of marine bivalves.[3][4][5]

Description

The thin shell is not umbilicated. The spire is elongated with the suture enamelled. The inner lip has the callus moderate, defined. The outer lip is simple. [6]

Species

A live Amalda australis collected from seagrass bed at Kohimarama Beach, Auckland

Species within the genus Amalda include:[7] [8]

Amalda glandiformis (Lamarck, 1810), a fossil species from the Miocene of Austria
Species brought into synonymy
  • Amalda albicallosa [sic]: synonym of Amalda albocallosa (Lischke, 1873)
  • Amalda ampla (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Ancilla ampla (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Amalda callifera Thiele, 1925: synonym of Amalda reevei (E.A. Smith, 1904)
  • Amalda elongata (Gray, 1874): synonym of Ancillista muscae (Pilsbry, 1926)
  • Amalda errorum Tomlin, 1921: synonym of Amalda angustata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
  • Amalda hayashi Ninomiya, 1988: synonym of Amalda rubiginosa (Swainson, 1823)
  • Amalda lanceolata Ninomiya, 1991: synonym of Amalda petterdi (Tate, 1893)
  • Amalda procerum Ninomiya, 1991: synonym of Amalda procera Ninomiya, 1991
  • Amalda tankervillei (Swainson, 1825): synonym of Amalda tankervillii (Swainson, 1825)
  • Amalda virgineus Ninomiya, 1990: synonym of Amalda virginea Ninomiya, 1990
  • Amalda zeigleri Ninomiya, 1987: synonym of Amalda pacei Petuch, 1987

References

  1. [1]
    Adams H. & Adams A. (1853). Gen. Moll. 1: 148.
  2. [2]
    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
  3. [3]
    Kantor, Yu. I.; Fedosov, A. E.; Puillandre, N.; Bonillo, C.; Bouchet, P. (2017). "Returning to the roots: morphology, molecular phylogeny and classification of the Olivoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 180 (3): 493–541. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw003. ISSN 0024-4082.
  4. [4]
    Powell, A.W.B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land, and Freshwater Shells. New Zealand: William Collins Publishers Ltd.
  5. [5]
    Gemmell, Michael R.; Trewick, Steven A.; Hills, Simon F. K.; Morgan‐Richards, Mary (2020). "Phylogenetic topology and timing of New Zealand olive shells are consistent with punctuated equilibrium". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 58: 209–220. doi:10.1111/jzs.12342. ISSN 0947-5745.
  6. [6]
    Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
  7. [7]
    WoRMS : Amalda; accessed : 27 October 2010
  8. [8]
    "Amalda rubrofasciata". www.seashellsofnsw.org.au. Retrieved 31 January 2007.

Further reading

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Bouchet, P. 1988. The genus Amalda in New Caledonia (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Olividae, Ancillinae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 4 10: 277-300
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
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