Angaria formosa explained

Angaria formosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae.

Description

The shell can grow to be 24 mm to 65 mm in length.^[1]

Distribution

Angaria formosa can be found off of the Philippines and Japan.

References

• Reeve, L. A. (1841–1842). Conchologia Systematica, or complete system of conchology; in which the Lepades and conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longman's, London. [Published in 12 parts in 2 volumes. Dates of publication of individual parts established by Petit 2007, Zootaxa 1648: 43–59].
• Poppe G.T. & Goto Y. (1993) Recent Angariidae. Ancona: Informatore Piceno. 32 pls, 10 pls.
• 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.
• Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
• Günther R. (2016). Angaria neocaledonica n. sp. – A new species of Angariidae from New Caledonia (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Conchylia. 46(1–4): 89–96

Notes and References

1. Web site: Angaria formosa. gastropods.com. 2020-05-11.