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Angaria delphinus

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Angaria delphinus
Views of two shells of Angaria delphinus.
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A. delphinus
Binomial name
Angaria delphinus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Angaria delphinus, common name the common delphinula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Turbinidae, the turbans and star snails.

The shell of this species is very 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]

Apical view of a shell of Angaria delphinus.
A shell of Angaria delphinus.


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