Amalda is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae, the olives and allies.[2]
Amalda | |
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A shell of Amalda australis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
Family: | Ancillariidae |
Genus: | Amalda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853[1] |
Type species | |
Amalda tankervillii Swainson, W.A., 1825
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Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms[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]
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 within the genus Amalda include:[7] [8]