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Angaria delphinus

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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[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

Angaria delphinus, common name the common delphinula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Angariidae. [1]

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

  1. ^ a b WoRMS : Angaria delphinus; accessed : 22 August 2011
  • Poppe G.T. & Goto Y. (1993) Recent Angariidae. Ancona: Informatore Piceno. 32 pls, 10 pls
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