Ilanga bicarinata

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Ilanga bicarinata
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Original drawing with two views of a shell of Ilanga bicarinata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Ilanga
Species:
I. bicarinata
Binomial name
Ilanga bicarinata
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms [1]
  • Margarita bicarinataA. Adams & Reeve, 1850 (original combination)
  • Minolia bicarinata(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)

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

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Description

The shell has a depressed orbicular shape with a broad umbilicus. Its color is white, closely painted longitudinally with wide brown stripes. The shell contains 5½ smooth whorls. The apex is acute. The whorls are bicarinated. The carinae are distant. The interspaces are concave, spirally closely lineated, concentrically striated. The color of the shell is brownish or yellowish, variegated with reddish flammules. The carinae are obliquely articulated with red. The interior is iridescent. [3]

This shell is characterized externally by a certain metallic hue, whilst it is particularly iridescent in the interior. [4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in "Eastern Seas" (not further specified).

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2012). Ilanga bicarinata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567644 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.
  3. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Minolia bicarinata )
  4. Arthur Adams (1850) The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, (1843-1846); London :Reeve and Benham,1850 <described as Margarita bicarinata)