Ilanga agulhaensis

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

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

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

  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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