Angaria delphinus
| Angaria delphinus |
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| Angaria delphinus. |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Angarioidea |
| Family: |
Angariidae |
| Genus: |
Angaria |
| Species: |
A. delphinus |
| Binomial name |
Angaria delphinus
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Angaria delphinus f. martinii (A. Adams, 1854)
- Angaria laciniata (Lamarck, 1816)
- Angarina delphinus
- Angarina delphinus f. incisa (Reeve, 1843)
- Delphinula atrata Reeve, 1843
- Delphinula coronata A. Adams, 1850
- Delphinula delphinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Delphinula euracantha A. Adams, 1850
- Delphinula incisa Reeve, 1842
- Delphinula laciniata Lamarck, 1816
- Delphinula martinii A. Adams, 1854
- Turbo delphinus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
- Turbo distortus Linnaeus, 1758
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Angaria delphinus, common name the common delphinula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Angariidae. [1]
Description
The shell of this species is variable in degree of sculpture, depending on how exposed or sheltered the environment is in which the snail lives. These different forms are called ecomorphs. [1]
Distribution
This species is distributed along Madagascar and New Zealand.
References
- Poppe G.T. & Goto Y. (1993) Recent Angariidae. Ancona: Informatore Piceno. 32 pls, 10 pls
- Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III.
- Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. (2006) The genus Angaria Röding, 1798 (Gastropoda: Turbinidae) in New Caledonia, with description of a new species. Visaya 1(6): 9-16.
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