Angaria melanacantha

Angaria melanacantha
Shell of Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842), measuring 31.2 mm height by 42.2 mm diameter, trawled off Palawan, in the Philippines.
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]

Delphinula imperialis Reeve, 1843
Delphinula melanacantha Reeve, 1842

Angaria melanacantha,[1] common name the black-tankard angaria, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae.

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215204 on 19 April 2010.

External References