page_title: Amalda
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Amalda / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Amalda australis collected from a seagrass bed at Kohimarama Beach, Auckland
context_page_description: Amalda is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae, the olives and allies. 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.
context_section_description: Species within the genus Amalda include:
  Amalda abyssicola Schepman, 1911
  Amalda acuta Ninomiya, 1991
  † Amalda acutapex Raven & Recourt, 2018
  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 (Sowerby, 1830)
  Amalda bathamae (Dell, 1956)
  Amalda beachportensis (Verco, 1909)
  Amalda bellonarum Kilburn & Bouchet, 1988
  Amalda benthicola (Dell, 1956)
  Amalda booleyi (Melvill & Sykes, 1896)
  Amalda borshengi Lan & Lee, 2002
  † Amalda bruneiana Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018
  Amalda bulbosa Ninomiya, 1991
  Amalda bullioides (Reeve, 1864)
  † 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 (Lamarck, 1811)
  Amalda maritzae Bozzetti, 2007
  Amalda mirabelflorenti Cossignani, 2018
  † Amalda miriensis Raven & Recourt, 2018
  Amalda monilifera (Reeve, 1864)
  Amalda montrouzieri (Souverby, 1860)
  † Amalda morgani (R. S. Allan, 1926)
  Amalda mucronata (Sowerby, 1830)
  Amalda nitidanosum Ninomiya, 1991
  Amalda northlandica (Hart, 1995)
  Amalda novaezelandiae (Sowerby, 1859)
  Amalda obesa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
  Amalda oblonga (Sowerby, 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 (Swainson, 1825)
  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 W
caption: A live Amalda australis collected from seagrass bed at Kohimarama Beach, Auckland
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