Turrancilla akontistes

Turrancilla akontistes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Turrancilla
Species: T. akontistes
Binomial name
Turrancilla akontistes
Kilburn, 1980
Synonyms
  • Ancillaria lanceolata Martens, 1901 (invalid: junior homonym of Ancillaria lanceolara Tate, 1889; Ancillus akontistes is a replacement name)
  • Ancillus akontistes Kilburn, 1980 (basionym)

Turrancilla akontistes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.

References


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