Ilanga agulhaensis

Ilanga agulhaensis
Scientific classification
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[1]
	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

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.