Ilanga agulhaensis

Ilanga agulhaensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Solariellidae
Genus:	Ilanga
Species:	I. agulhaensis
Binomial name
	Ilanga agulhaensis; (Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms
	Solariella agulhaensis Thiele, 1925; Solariella multistriata Barnard, 1963;

Ilanga agulhaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.^[1]^[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 7 mm. The growth lines form axial pleats at the rim of the umbilicus. The aperture is slightly triangular. The periphery is slightly convex.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southeast Africa.

References

^ ^a ^b WoRMS (2012). Ilanga agulhaensis (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567643 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.

External links

To World Register of Marine Species

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2012). Ilanga agulhaensis (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567643 on 2012-12-03

[2] Herbert D.G. (1987). Revision of the Solariellinae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2):283-382.

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