Genus Amalda H. & A. Adams, 1853

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amalda Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1853. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [148].

  Type species:

   Ancillaria tankervillei Swainson by original designation.
• Gracilispira Olsson, O.P. 1956. The genus Baryspira (Mollusca) in New Zealand. Palaeontology of New Zealand 24: 1-32, 7 pls [23].

  Type species:

   Ancillaria novaezelandiae Sowerby, 1859 by original designation.
• Mundaspira Ninomiya, T. 1990. A new Subgenus and five new species of the Ancillinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Australia. Venus 49(2): 69-82 [70].

  Type species:

   Amalda concinna Ninomiya, 1990 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Province (6)

General References

Kilburn, R.N. 1977. Descriptions of new species of Amalda, Ancillus and Ancillista. Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1): 13-21

Kilburn, R.N. & Bouchet, P. 1988. The genus Amalda in New Caledonia (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Olividae, Ancillinae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 10: 277-300

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [129-130]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	OLIVOIDEA	26-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		28-Nov-2011	MODIFIED