Biology:Ilanga undata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Ilanga undata | |
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| Shells of Ilanga undata sphinx (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Ilanga |
| Species: | I. undata
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| Ilanga undata (G.B. Sowerby, 1870)
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Ilanga undata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1][2]
- Subspecies
- Ilanga undata sphinx Herbert, 1987
- Ilanga undata undata (G. B. Sowerby, 1870)
Description
The height of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 15 mm. The depressed, pale reddish or fawn shell is perforated with a round umbilicus up to the apex. It is faintly spirally lirate and angulated almost above the suture. It is rounded-angular at the middle of the keel. The corners are red-stained. The interstices show red waving lines.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank to the West Cape Province, South Africa
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2012). Ilanga undata (G.B. Sowerby, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567659 on 2012-12-03
- ↑ Herbert D.G. (1987). Revision of the Solariellinae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2):283-382.
- ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Solariella undata)
- G.B. Sowerby (1870), Descriptions of forty-eight new Species of Shells; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
- K.H. Barnard, Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV. Gastropoda : Prosobranchiata; Annals of the South African Museum v. 47 (1963-1974) p. 236-237
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5997127 entry
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