Angaria delphinus

Angaria delphinus, common name the common delphinula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Angariidae.[1]

Angaria delphinus
Five views of a shell of Angaria delphinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Angariidae
Genus:
Angaria
Species:
A. delphinus
Binomial name
Angaria delphinus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Angaria delphinus f. martinii (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Angaria laciniata (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Angarina delphinus
  • Angarina delphinus f. incisa (Reeve, 1843)
  • Delphinula atrata Reeve, 1843
  • Delphinula coronata A. Adams, 1850
  • Delphinula delphinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Delphinula euracantha A. Adams, 1850
  • Delphinula incisa Reeve, 1842
  • Delphinula laciniata Lamarck, 1816
  • Delphinula martinii A. Adams, 1854
  • Turbo delphinus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Turbo distortus Linnaeus, 1758
Shell of Angaria delphinus form atrata with operculum taken by gill net in 5 to 10 fathoms off Minabe, in Japan.
Apical view of another color form of Angaria delphinus showing variability of the species.

Description

The shell of this species is variable in degree of sculpture, depending on how exposed or sheltered the environment is in which the snail lives. These different forms are called ecomorphs.

Distribution

This species is distributed along Madagascar and New Zealand.

References
  1. WoRMS : Angaria delphinus; accessed : 22 August 2011
  • Poppe G.T. & Goto Y. (1993) Recent Angariidae. Ancona: Informatore Piceno. 32 pls, 10 pls
  • Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III.
  • 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.

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