Angaria melanacantha | |
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Shell of Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Angariidae |
Genus: | Angaria |
Species: | A. melanacantha
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Binomial name | |
Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Delphinula imperialis Reeve, 1843 |
Angaria melanacantha,[1] common name the black-tankard angaria, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae.
The shell can grow to be 35 mm to 95 mm in length.[2]
Angaria melanacantha can be found off the Philippines and Vietnam.[2]