Ilanga agulhaensis

Ilanga agulhaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Ilanga
Species: I. agulhaensis
Binomial name
Ilanga agulhaensis
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]
  • Solariella agulhaensis Thiele, 1925
  • Solariella multistriata Barnard, 1963

Ilanga agulhaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1][2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 7 mm. The growth lines form axial pleats at the rim of the umbilicus. The aperture is slightly triangular. The periphery is slightly convex.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southeast Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2012). Ilanga agulhaensis (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567643 on 2012-12-03
  2. Herbert D.G. (1987). Revision of the Solariellinae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2):283-382.
External identifiers for Ilanga agulhaensis
WoRMS 567643


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