''Amalda'' is a

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of medium-sized

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s, a

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in the family

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, the olives and allies.Bouchet, P. (2014). Amalda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390993 on 2015-01-18 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

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Species

Species within the genus ''Amalda'' include: * '' Amalda abyssicola'' Schepman, 1911 * '' Amalda acuta'' Ninomiya, 1991 * † '' Amalda acutapex'' Raven & Recourt, 2018 * '' Amalda alabaster'' Kantor, Castelin, Fedosov & Bouchet, 2020 * '' Amalda albanyensis'' Ninomiya, 1987 * '' Amalda albocallosa'' (Lischke, 1873) * † '' Amalda allani'' (Olson, 1956) * '' Amalda allaryi'' Bozetti, 2007 * '' Amalda angustata'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) * '' Amalda aureocallosa'' Shikama & Oishi, 1977 * '' Amalda aureomarginata'' Kilburn & Bouchet, 1988 * '' Amalda aureus'' Ninomiya, 1990 * '' Amalda australis'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830) * '' Amalda bathamae'' (

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, 1956) * '' Amalda beachportensis'' (Verco, 1909) * '' Amalda bellonarum'' Kilburn & Bouchet, 1988 * '' Amalda benthicola'' (

, 1956) * '' Amalda booleyi'' (Melvill & Sykes, 1896) * '' Amalda borshengi'' Lan & Lee, 2002 * † '' Amalda bruneiana'' Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018 * '' Amalda bullosa'' Ninomiya, 1991 * '' Amalda bullioides'' (Reeve, 1864) * '' Amalda cacao'' Kantor, Castelin, Fedosov & Bouchet, 2020 * † '' Amalda cincta'' (P. Marshall, 1918) * † '' Amalda cingulata'' (Olson, 1956) * '' Amalda coccinata'' Kilburn, 1980 * '' Amalda coenobium'' Ninomiya, 1991 * '' Amalda colemani'' Ninomiya, 1991 * '' Amalda concinna'' Ninomiya, 1990 * '' Amalda contusa'' (Reeve, 1864) * '' Amalda coriolis'' Kilburn & Bouchet, 1988 * '' Amalda crosnieri'' Kilburn, 1993 * '' Amalda cupedula'' Kilburn, 1993 * '' Amalda danilai'' Kilburn, 1996 * '' Amalda decipiens'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) * '' Amalda degalleaniae'' Cossignani, 2018 * '' Amalda depressa'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) * '' Amalda dimidiata''(G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) * '' Amalda dyspetes'' (Iredale, 1924) * '' Amalda edgariana'' Schepman, 1911 * '' Amalda edithae'' (Pritchard & Gabriel, 1898) * † '' Amalda exsputa'' (Bartrum & Powell, 1928) * '' Amalda fasciata'' Ninomiya, 1990 * '' Amalda festiva'' Ninomiya, 1991 * '' Amalda fuscolingua'' Kilburn & Bouchet, 1988 * '' Amalda fusiformis'' (Petterdi, 1886) * † '' Amalda gigartoides'' (Olson, 1956) * † '' Amalda gulosa'' (C. A. Fleming, 1943) * '' Amalda harasewychi'' Thach, 2016 * '' Amalda hayashii'' Ninomiya, 1988 * '' Amalda herberti'' Cossignani, 2013 * '' Amalda hilgendorfi'' (Martens, 1897) * '' Amalda hinomotoensis'' (Yokoyama, 1922) * '' Amalda jenneri'' Kilburn, 1977 * '' Amalda josecarlosi'' Pastorino, 2003 * '' Amalda lactea'' T. Kuroda, 1960 * † '' Amalda lanceolata'' (Tate, 1889) * '' Amalda lematrei'' Kilburn, 1993 * '' Amalda lindae'' Kilburn, 1993 * '' Amalda lineata'' (Kiener, 1844) * '' Amalda lochii'' Ninomiya, 1990 * † '' Amalda macbeathi'' (Vella, 1954) * '' Amalda mamillata'' (Hinds, 1844) * '' Amalda marginata'' (

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, 1811) * '' Amalda maritzae'' Bozzetti, 2007 * '' Amalda mirabelflorenti'' Cossignani, 2018 * † '' Amalda miriensis'' Raven & Recourt, 2018 * '' Amalda miriky'' Kantor, Castelin, Fedosov & Bouchet, 2020 * '' Amalda monilifera'' (Reeve, 1864) * '' Amalda montrouzieri'' (Souverby, 1860) * † '' Amalda morgani'' (R. S. Allan, 1926) * '' Amalda mucronata'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830) * '' Amalda nitidanosum'' Ninomiya, 1991 * '' Amalda northlandica'' (Hart, 1995) * '' Amalda novaezelandiae'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) * '' Amalda obesa'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) * '' Amalda oblonga'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830) * '' Amalda obtusa'' (Swainson, 1825) * † '' Amalda olsoni'' Beu, 1970 * † '' Amalda opima'' (Marwick, 1924) * '' Amalda optima'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897) * † '' Amalda oraria'' (Olson, 1956) * '' Amalda otohime'' Majima, Tsuchida & Oshima, 1993 * † '' Amalda ovalis'' Beu, 1970 * '' Amalda pacei'' Petuch, 1987 * † '' Amalda pakaurangiensis'' (Olson, 1956) * '' Amalda parentalis'' Shikama & Oishi, 1977 * '' Amalda petterdi'' (Tate, 1893) * '' Amalda pinguis'' Ninomiya, 1991 * † '' Amalda platycephala'' (Powell & Bartrum, 1929) * '' Amalda ponderi'' Ninomiya, 1991 * † '' Amalda pristina'' (Olson, 1956) * '' Amalda procera'' Ninomiya, 1991 * '' Amalda pullarium'' Ninomiya, 1991 * '' Amalda raoulensis'' Powell, 1967 * '' Amalda reevei'' (E.A. Smith, 1904) * † '' Amalda rimuensis'' (Olson, 1956) * † '' Amalda robusta'' (Marwick, 1924) * '' Amalda roscoae'' Kilburn, 1975 * '' Amalda rottnestensis'' Ninomiya, 1991 * '' Amalda rubiginosa'' (Swainson, 1823) * '' Amalda rubrofasciata'' Ninomiya, 1991 * '' Amalda scopuloceti'' Kilburn, 1993 * '' Amalda siberutensis'' Thiele, 1925 * '' Amalda sibuetae'' Kantor & Bouchet, 1999 * '' Amalda sidneyensis'' Ninomiya, 1991 * '' Amalda similis'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) * '' Amalda sinensis'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) * '' Amalda southlandica'' (Fleming, 1948) * † '' Amalda spinigera'' (P. Marshall, 1918) * † '' Amalda stortha'' (Olson, 1956) * ''

Amalda tankervillii ''Amalda tankervillii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae. This gastropod (Swainson, 1825) is probably named for Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville (or less probably his son).Amalda telaaraneae'' Kilburn, 1993 * '' Amalda tenuis'' Ninomiya, 1991 * † '' Amalda tholiculus'' (Marwick, 1931) * '' Amalda tindalli'' (Melvill, 1898) * † '' Amalda tirangiensis'' (Marwick, 1926) * '' Amalda trachyzonus'' Kilburn, 1975 * '' Amalda trippneri'' Kilburn, 1996 * '' Amalda turgida'' Ninomiya, 1990 * '' Amalda utopica''Ninomiya, 1987 * '' Amalda venezuela'' Weisbord, 1962 * '' Amalda vernedei'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859) * '' Amalda virginea'' Ninomiya, 1990 * † '' Amalda waikaiaensis'' (Finlay, 1926) * † '' Amalda wairarapaensis'' (Olson, 1956) * '' Amalda whatmoughi'' Kilburn, 1993 Amalda_glandiformis_01

; Species brought into synonymy: * ''Amalda albicallosa'' ic synonym of ''Amalda albocallosa'' (Lischke, 1873) * ''Amalda ampla'' (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of '' Ancilla ampla'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Amalda callifera'' Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''Amalda reevei'' (E.A. Smith, 1904) * ''Amalda elongata'' (Gray, 1874): synonym of '' Ancillista muscae'' (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 lanceolata'' Ninomiya, 1991: synonym of '' Amalda petterdi'' (Tate, 1893) * ''Amalda procerum'' Ninomiya, 1991: synonym of ''Amalda procera'' Ninomiya, 1991 * ''Amalda tankervillei'' (Swainson, 1825): synonym of ''Amalda tankervillii'' (Swainson, 1825) * ''Amalda virgineus'' Ninomiya, 1990: synonym of ''Amalda virginea'' Ninomiya, 1990 * ''Amalda zeigleri'' Ninomiya, 1987: synonym of ''Amalda pacei'' Petuch, 1987

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Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the Systematic Distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part. I. London pp. XII. 230: pp

Adams_H._&_Adams_A._(1853-1858)._The_genera_of_Recent_Mollusca;_arranged_according_to_their_organization._London,_van_Voorst._Vol._1:_xl_+_484_pp.;_vol._2:_661_pp.;_vol._3:_138_pls._[Published_in_parts:_Vol._1:_i-xl_(1858),_1–256_(1853),_257–484_(1854)._Vol._2:_1-92_(1854),_93–284_(1855),_285–412_(1856),_413–540_(1857),_541–661_(1858)._Vol._3:_pl._1-32_(1853),_33–96_(1855),_97–112_(1856),_113–128_(1857),_129–138_(1858)_

Morgan-Richards_(2019)_Punctuated_equilibrium_in_New_Zealand.

Yuri_I._Kantor,_Magalie_Castelin,_Alexander_Fedosov,_Philippe_Bouchet_(2020),_''The_Indo-Pacific_Amalda_(Neogastropoda,_Olivoidea,_Ancillariidae)_revisited_with_molecular_data,_with_special_emphasis_on_New_Caledonia'';_European_Journal_of_Taxonomy,_[S.l.],_n._706,_aug._2020._ISSN_2118-9773
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Morgan-Richards (2019) Punctuated equilibrium in New Zealand.

Yuri I. Kantor, Magalie Castelin, Alexander Fedosov, Philippe Bouchet (2020), ''The Indo-Pacific Amalda (Neogastropoda, Olivoidea, Ancillariidae) revisited with molecular data, with special emphasis on New Caledonia''; European Journal of Taxonomy, [S.l.], n. 706, aug. 2020. ISSN 2118-9773
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