Biology:Angaria rugosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Angaria rugosa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Angariidae
Genus: Angaria
Species:
A. rugosa
Binomial name
Angaria rugosa
(Kiener, 1873)
Synonyms[1]

Delphinula rugosa Kiener, 1873

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Angaria rugosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae.[1]

It has also been known as "Delphinus ruber distortus", "Turbo delphinus", "Turbo distortus", "Angaria distorta", and "Delphinula distorta".[2]

Description

The shell can grow to be 25 mm to 46 mm in length.[3]

Angaria rugosa has a dark red color, fine scales on the surface, and usually no large spines on the upper peripheral ridge.[2]

Distribution

Angaria rugosa can be found majorly on the shores of East India down to Vietnam and also offshores of the Philippines.[3]

It lives in shallow water, from intertidal to several meters in depth.[2]

This species is limited to the Indian Ocean, it is known from southern India, Sri Lanka, the Nicobar Islands, and from western Thailand.[2]

It has occurred in the same area as Angaria lilianae.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Angaria rugosa (Kiener, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Dekker, H. (2020). An overview of the living species of Angaria (Vetigastropoda, Trochoidea, Angariidae), with description of two new species. Vita Malacologica, 19, 30-66.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Angaria rugosa". http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_32770.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4761970 entry