Angaria delphinus

Angaria delphinus
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
Angaria delphinus f. formosa (Reeve, 1842) 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 formosa Reeve, 1842 Delphinula incisa Reeve, 1842 Delphinula laciniata Lamarck, 1816 Delphinula martinii A. Adams, 1854 Turbo delphinus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym) Turbo distortus Linnaeus, 1758

Angaria delphinus, common name the common delphinula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Angariidae.

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

External links

• http://eol.org/pages/10202293