Angaria melanacantha
| Angaria melanacantha | |
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| Shell of Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Angarioidea |
| Family: | Angariidae |
| Subfamily: | Angariinae |
| Genus: | Angaria |
| Species: | A. melanacantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Delphinula imperialis Reeve, 1843  Apical view of shell of Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842), measuring 31.2 mm height by 42.2 mm diameter, trawled off Palawan, in the Philippines. | |
Angaria melanacantha,[1] common name the black-tankard angaria, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae.
References
- 1 2 Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney.
External References
- Poppe G.T. & Goto Y. (1993) Recent Angariidae. Ancona: Informatore Piceno. 32 pls, 10 pls.
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