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Ancilla djiboutina

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Ancilla djiboutina
Shell of Ancilla djiboutina (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ancillariidae
Genus: Ancilla
Species:
A. djiboutina
Binomial name
Ancilla djiboutina
(Jousseaume, 1894)[1]

Ancilla djiboutina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives.[2]

Description

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Attains a size around 20 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is found off Djibouti, East Africa.

References

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  • Boyer F. (2015). Révision des Ancilla (Olividae: Ancillinae) de Masirah. Xenophora Taxonomy. 9: 3–14
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