Amalda mucronata
# Amalda mucronata

Amalda mucronata is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ancillariidae. These snails live in the sandy subtidal near-shore environment where they eat bivalves. Fossil material of this species provides evidence of morphological stasis over 5 million years

## Shell description

The shell height is up to 61 mm, and the width is up to 27 mm.

## Distribution

This marine species is endemic to and occurs off New Zealand.

