Amalda
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Amalda is a genus
of medium-sized sea snail
s, a marine
gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olives.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
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of medium-sized sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, a marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olives.
Species
Species within the genus Amalda include:- Amalda abyssicolaAmalda abyssicolaAmalda abyssicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Schepman, 1911 - Amalda acutaAmalda acutaAmalda acuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda albanyensisAmalda albanyensisAmalda albanyensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1987 - Amalda albicallosaAmalda albicallosaAmalda albicallosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Lischke, 1873) - Amalda allaryiAmalda allaryiAmalda allaryi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Bozetti, 2007 - Amalda angustataAmalda angustataAmalda angustata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) - Amalda aureocallosaAmalda aureocallosaAmalda aureocallosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Shikama & Oishi, 1977 - Amalda aureomarginataAmalda aureomarginataAmalda aureomarginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn & Bouchet, 1988 - Amalda aureusAmalda aureusAmalda aureus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1990 - Amalda australisAmalda australisAmalda australis, common name the southern olive, is a medium-sized sea snail, a gastropod mollusc of the family Olividae, the olives.-References:...
(Sowerby, 1830) - Amalda bathamaeAmalda bathamaeAmalda bathamae is a species of small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olives.-References:* Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1956) - Amalda beachportensisAmalda beachportensisAmalda beachportensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Verco, 1909) - Amalda bellonarumAmalda bellonarumAmalda bellonarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn & Bouchet, 1988 - Amalda benthicolaAmalda benthicolaAmalda benthicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1956) - Amalda booleyiAmalda booleyiAmalda booleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Melvill & Sykes, 1896) - Amalda borshengiAmalda borshengiAmalda borshengi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Lan & Lee, 2002 - Amalda bullioidesAmalda bullioidesAmalda bullioides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Reeve, 1864) - Amalda bullosaAmalda bullosaAmalda bullosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda coccinataAmalda coccinataAmalda coccinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1980 - Amalda coenobiumAmalda coenobiumAmalda coenobium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda colemaniAmalda colemaniAmalda colemani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda concinnaAmalda concinnaAmalda concinna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1990 - Amalda contusaAmalda contusaAmalda contusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Reeve, 1864) - Amalda coriolisAmalda coriolisAmalda coriolis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn & Bouchet, 1988 - Amalda crosnieriAmalda crosnieriAmalda crosnieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1993 - Amalda cupedulaAmalda cupedulaAmalda cupedula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1993 - Amalda danilaiAmalda danilaiAmalda danilai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1996 - Amalda depressaAmalda depressaAmalda depressa, is a species of a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olive snails or olive shells.-References:...
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) - Amalda dimidiataAmalda dimidiataAmalda dimidiata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) - Amalda dyspetesAmalda dyspetesAmalda dyspetes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Iredale, 1924) - Amalda edgarianaAmalda edgarianaAmalda edgariana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Schepman, 1911 - Amalda edithaeAmalda edithaeAmalda edithae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Pritchard & Gabriel, 1898) - Amalda fasciataAmalda fasciataAmalda fasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1990 - Amalda festivaAmalda festivaAmalda festiva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda fuscolinguaAmalda fuscolinguaAmalda fuscolingua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn & Bouchet, 1988 - Amalda fusiformisAmalda fusiformisAmalda fusiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Petterdi, 1886) - Amalda hilgendorfiAmalda hilgendorfiAmalda hilgendorfi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Martens, 1897) - Amalda hinomotoensisAmalda hinomotoensisAmalda hinomotoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Yokoyama, 1922) - Amalda jenneriAmalda jenneriAmalda jenneri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1977 - Amalda josecarlosiAmalda josecarlosiAmalda josecarlosi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Pastorino, 2003 - Amalda lacteaAmalda lacteaAmalda lactea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
T. Kuroda, 1960 - Amalda lanceolataAmalda lanceolataAmalda lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda lematreiAmalda lematreiAmalda lematrei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1993 - Amalda lindaeAmalda lindaeAmalda lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1993 - Amalda lineataAmalda lineataAmalda lineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Kiener, 1844) - Amalda lochiiAmalda lochiiAmalda lochii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1990 - Amalda mamillataAmalda mamillataAmalda mamillata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Hinds, 1844) - Amalda marginataAmalda marginataAmalda marginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Lamarck, 1811) - Amalda maritzaeAmalda maritzaeAmalda maritzae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Bozzetti, 2007 - Amalda moniliferaAmalda moniliferaAmalda monilifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Reeve, 1864) - Amalda montrouzieriAmalda montrouzieriAmalda montrouzieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Souverby, 1860) - Amalda mucronataAmalda mucronataAmalda mucronata is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olives.-References:* Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(Sowerby, 1830) - Amalda nitidanosumAmalda nitidanosumAmalda nitidanosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda northlandicaAmalda northlandicaAmalda northlandica, common name the Northland olive, is a medium-sized sea snail, a gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olives.-References:...
(Hart, 1995) - Amalda novaezelandiaeAmalda novaezelandiaeAmalda novaezelandiae is a species of small sea snail, a gastropod mollusc of the family Olividae, the olives.-References:* Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(Sowerby, 1859) - Amalda obesaAmalda obesaAmalda obesa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) - Amalda oblongaAmalda oblongaAmalda oblonga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Sowerby, 1830) - Amalda obtusaAmalda obtusaAmalda obtusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Swainson, 1825) - Amalda optimaAmalda optimaAmalda optima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1897) - Amalda otohimeAmalda otohimeAmalda otohime is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Majima, Tsuchida & Oshima, 1993 - Amalda paceiAmalda paceiAmalda pacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Petuch, 1987 - Amalda parentalisAmalda parentalisAmalda parentalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Shikama & Oishi, 1977 - Amalda petterdiAmalda petterdiAmalda petterdi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Tate, 1893) - Amalda pinguisAmalda pinguisAmalda pinguis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda ponderiAmalda ponderiAmalda ponderi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda procerumAmalda procerumAmalda procerum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda pullariumAmalda pullariumAmalda pullarium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda raoulensisAmalda raoulensisAmalda raoulensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1967 - Amalda reeveiAmalda reeveiAmalda reevei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(E.A. Smith, 1904) - Amalda roscoaeAmalda roscoaeAmalda roscoae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1975 - Amalda rottnestensisAmalda rottnestensisAmalda rottnestensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda rubiginosaAmalda rubiginosaAmalda rubiginosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.-Subspecies:* Amalda rubiginosa albocallosa * Amalda rubiginosa rubiginosa...
(Swainson, 1823) - Amalda rubrofasciataAmalda rubrofasciataAmalda rubrofasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda scopulocetiAmalda scopulocetiAmalda scopuloceti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1993 - Amalda siberutensisAmalda siberutensisAmalda siberutensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Thiele, 1925 - Amalda sibuetae Kantor & Bouchet, 1999
- Amalda sidneyensisAmalda sidneyensisAmalda sidneyensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda similisAmalda similisAmalda similis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) - Amalda sinensisAmalda sinensisAmalda sinensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) - Amalda southlandicaAmalda southlandicaAmalda southlandica, is a poorly known species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olives. The evaluation of the species remains incomplete, because so far only juveniles have been found...
(Fleming, 1948) - Amalda tankervilleiAmalda tankervilleiAmalda tankervillei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Swainson, 1825) - Amalda telaaraneaeAmalda telaaraneaeAmalda telaaraneae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1993 - Amalda tenuisAmalda tenuisAmalda tenuis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1991 - Amalda tindalliAmalda tindalliAmalda tindalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Melvill, 1898) - Amalda trachyzonusAmalda trachyzonusAmalda trachyzonus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1975 - Amalda trippneriAmalda trippneriAmalda trippneri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1996 - Amalda turgidaAmalda turgidaAmalda turgida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1990 - Amalda utopicaAmalda utopicaAmalda utopica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1987 - Amalda venezuelaAmalda venezuelaAmalda venezuela is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Weisbord, 1962 - Amalda vernedeiAmalda vernedeiAmalda vernedei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) - Amalda virgeneusAmalda virgeneusAmalda virgeneus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Ninomiya, 1990 - Amalda whatmoughiAmalda whatmoughiAmalda whatmoughi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
Kilburn, 1993
Species brought into synonymy :
- Amalda ampla (Gmelin, 1791) : synonym of Ancilla amplaAncilla amplaAncilla ampla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(Gmelin, 1791) - Amalda callifera Thiele, 1925 : synonym of Amalda reevei (E.A. Smith, 1904)
- Amalda elongata (Gray, 1874) : synonym of Ancillista muscaeAncillista muscaeAncillista muscae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives....
(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 zeigleri Ninomiya, 1987 : synonym of Amalda pacei Petuch, 1987
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers LtdHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1