Angaria rugosa

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Angaria rugosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 rugosaKiener, 1873

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

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Angaria rugosa (Kiener, 1873) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 "Angaria rugosa". gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.


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