Ancilla ventricosa


Ancilla ventricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives and the like.

Subspecies

Ancilla ventricosa fulva
  • ''Ancilla ventricosa ventricosa''

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 38 mm.
This species is more ventricose and consequently less cylindrical. It is entirely of a tawny orange color, and the sutures of its spire whorls are fused and indistinct. Its columellar fold is thick, white, and almost smooth.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.

Habitat

Sandy areas at 10-15 metres depth.