Angaria delphinus explained

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

Description

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. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ecomorph The shells can reach 73 mm in size.^[2]

Distribution

This species is found in shallow intertidal waters, usually on rocky shorelines and in reef flats. It is native to the Central Indo-Pacific, from Northern Australia and New Caledonia to Japan, Southeast Asia, and the Andaman Sea.^[3]

References

• Poppe G.T. & Goto Y. (1993) Recent Angariidae. Ancona: Informatore Piceno. 32 pls, 10 pls
• Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74.
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III.
• Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. (2006) The genus Angaria Röding, 1798 (Gastropoda: Turbinidae) in New Caledonia, with description of a new species. Visaya 1(6): 9-16.

External links

• http://eol.org/pages/10202293

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367639 WoRMS : Angaria delphinus
2. Web site: WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Angaria delphinus .
3. 2010. 367639 . Angaria delphinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Marine Mollusca. 17 April 2021.