Angaria nhatrangensis
| Angaria nhatrangensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Angariidae |
| Genus: | Angaria |
| Species: | A. nhatrangensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Angaria nhatrangensis | |
Angaria nhatrangensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae.[2]
Description
The shell can grow to be 35 mm to 65 mm in length.[3] It has a depressed apex, pentagonal whorls with peripheral rows of spines, and numerous spiral ribs. The shell is dirty white to light greenish with bright pinkish-red spiral cords and purplish-red colouration inside the umbilicus. The aperture is round and nacreous inside.[4]
The species is distinguished from the similar Angaria neglecta by its coarser spines and pink-red spiral colouration, and from Angaria delphinus by its colour pattern and larger spines.[4]
Distribution
Angaria nhatrangensis can be found off of Vietnam.[3] According to Deller, they inhabit rocky substrates at 5-10 metres depth and are known only from the Nha Trang region of central Vietnam.[4]
References
- ↑ Dekker. 2006. Miscellanea Malacologica Volume: 1 Issue: 6 Pages: 103-107. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Angaria nhatrangensis Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- 1 2 "Angaria nhatrangensis". gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- 1 2 3 Dekker, H (2006). "Description of a new species of Angaria (Gastropoda: Turbinidae) from Vietnam". Miscellanea Malacologica. 1 (6): 103–107 – via ResearchGate.