Ancilla djiboutina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives.
Description This species' shell grows to approximately 26 mm long, with a diameter of mm.
(Original description in Latin) An oblong-ovate shell, pale tawny above, whitish below, with a callous, conically pointed spire encircled by white lines at the suture. The lower suture is white-margined and toothed; the anterior band is fleshy-tawny, divided in the middle. The aperture is elongated, triangular, and flared at the base. The columella is tortuous, white, and very finely striated. Jousseaume [F.P.] 1894. Diagnoses des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 8(6): 98–105
Distribution This marine species is found off Djibouti, East Africa.
References
Boyer F. (2015). Révision des Ancilla (Olividae: Ancillinae) de Masirah. Xenophora Taxonomy. 9: 3–14
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