Amalda trachyzonus

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| taxon = Amalda trachyzonus

| authority = Kilburn, 1975{{WRMS source|141556|Kilburn R.N. (1975). Description of two new species of Amalda (Gastropoda: Olividae: Ancillinae) from the South-Western Indian Ocean, with a note on Amalda similis (Sowerby, 1859). Veliger 17(3) Page 229–232.|28 April 2010}}

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| synonyms = Amalda (Baryspira) trachyzonus Kilburn, 1975 alternative representation (basionym)

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Amalda trachyzonus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae.{{WRMS species|410009|Amalda trachyzonus Kilburn, 1975||28 April 2010}}

Description

The length of the shell attains 23.5 mm, its diameter 14.7 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa.

References

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  • {{cite journal |last1=Gratecap |first1=D. |title=Le genre Amalda en Afrique Australe. |journal=Xenophora |date=2012 |volume=140 |pages=19–29}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. |title=Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. |date=1998 |publisher=Ekogilde Publishers |location=Hartebeespoort, South Africa |page=128}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. |title=Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. |date=2005 |publisher=published by the authors |page=151}}