Angaria formosa
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | A. formosa
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| Angaria formosa (Reeve, 1843)
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Angaria formosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Angariidae.[1]
Description
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The shell can grow to be 24 mm to 65 mm in length.[2]
Distribution
Angaria formosa can be found off of the Philippines and Japan.[2]
References
- ^ a b Angaria formosa (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Angaria formosa". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- 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
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